You may have heard on the news recently of a gang of thieves who broke into the first-floor gallery of The Louvre in Paris, stealing an incredible £76m worth of exquisite French crown jewels. It’s since been revealed that the camera monitoring the exterior wall where the break-in took place was pointing in the wrong direction. Furthermore, cuts in funding meant that plans to provide security for what is the most visited museum in the world, were sadly lacking.
This is a modern-day parable if ever I saw one. Who would be daft enough to leave an access point to such incredible riches so exposed? Yet that’s what you and I do every day in different ways. We can get so busy and distracted that we fail to protect that which is precious to us, robbing us of some of the good stuff in life like looking after ourselves, time with family and friends, dreams of a better future, settling for good when things could be great.
Apply this to leadership, and the dangers are even more stark. Leadership is from the Lord, a gift given to us that we might champion, equip and release others. Ephesians 4:12-13 reminds us that ministry positions are given, “to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”
Leadership must be stewarded, given time to develop and be honed. Unattended aspects of our character, theology, relationships and experiences result in access points being exposed to an enemy who has come to ‘steal, kill and destroy us’ (John 10:10).
How secure are your boundaries? Do you leaving things to chance, hoping that your leadership will remain secure with the most minimal of protection, or are you actively securing and future-proofing your ministry for the decades to come?
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