Shakin' in my sandals

My biggest issue living in Liberia during this Ebola crisis hasn’t been so much the threat of the illness. I don't think I'm really even afraid of death. That's another posting:)

Lesson #2: Living in a crisis situation is the ULTIMATE leadership challenge.

It’s the leadership I have to take in many areas that gives me shivers. It's really got me shakin' in my sandals.

At work I’m acting Education Team Leader working with a team to manage over $100 million in aid to the education sector in Liberia while representing the USAID Liberia mission in education. In the education sector I serve as the coordinating agency leading other agencies in coordinating education development efforts with the Ministry of Education of Liberia. Wow. Even as I write these words I get the sense that I’ve overwhelmed by it because that’s not what I’m supposed to do.

True confessions: I remember when I inherited a life group at Capital City Church around 2011 or 2012, I thought it was too much too soon. I felt like I hadn’t been groomed enough, mentored enough or mature enough. I just didn’t feel like I was fit for the position. Then the Lord gave me the revelation that it’s His group. He positioned me to be a facilitator of what He wants to do. Man did that take the load off. Once I saw myself as a facilitator, nothing was impossible. No perceived insufficiency on my part could hinder what He wanted to do.

So I feel Him comforting me with the same truth. While the position in the world’s eye is leadership, in God’s eyes, I’m still merely a facilitator of what He wants to do. And there is much to do.

Please join me in praying/declaring that:

1. God releases his wisdom to leaders in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone to make decisions that set the nations up for QUICK recovery once the crisis is over. 
2. I receive and act on a clear revelation of what He’s doing through my position.