Leadership Principles 2

A DIRECTOR KNOWS HOW TO COPE WITH BAD NEWS

Nehemiah does not fall to pieces when terrible news is reported to him in great detail.

Neh 1:3 The walls are broken down and its gates are burned by fire...

         we cannot expect good news all the time. but directors need the willingness to hear bad news and the stamina to weather storms. That's part of life. leaders have stability and can cope with shock. Some people in responsible positions have told me clearly: " Do not give me bad news. I cannot handle it and it makes me depressed". This defensive attitude does not impress me.

                                

                           When king David and his 600 soldiers came to Ziklag, the enemy had robbed them of everything. with women, children and livestock they had taken off. they had set fire to the city and escaped. Now god's band arrives, sees the ruins and the 600 men want to kill David, because they think he is responsible for this disaster and their personal loss.

                But he does not panic. The bible says simply: But David encouraged himself in the lord his God. Then he checks with Jehovah ( 1 sam 30) what he should do now and goes after the enemy. 

                   Leaders do not get rattled by Bad news, but encourage themselves in God when disaster breaks upon them. Then they ask the Almighty what they should do.

Question:

  Do you fall into depression when things do not go well and in what way do you seek God?