Samuel Leadership Pain Series

1 Samuel Chapter 12 – Leadership Pain

Series: Never seen before in 2024 – I pray that the Lord will open your eyes and heart to the reality of leadership pain! I also want to say that everyone of you if your choose to lead will expereince leadership pain.

Now some of you just decided I am not a leader nor do I want to be a leader – because I don’t want the pain – or the lime light – or the heartache attached to it!

But listen carefully: Everyone of you leads another person at some time in your life – you all lead – so I believe we need to determine to be a better leader when those moment in time come!

Introduction:

Many crave leadership positions with a delusion of grandeur! If I am the leader this place would grow, propser, run more effiecently! If I was the leader this community would have its needs met.

Leadership has a counter reaction which comes with it – it’s called Leadership Pain – just ask any leader! The position of leadership always has the reality of leadership pain attached to it!

Pain will attack you from every angle you can imagine – leadership pain will come from people you invest in the most – people will betray you – and attack you character and leadership decisions. People will also stab you in the back. They will gossip about you and say how you failed to be a great leader! But pain – leadership pain will cause you to grow – spiritually and in your leadership position.

Leadership Pain “Quotes” – By Samuel Chand

“Growth equals change; change equals loss; loss equals pain; so inevitably, growth equals pain.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Pain is a part of progress. Anything that grows experiences some pain. If I avoid all pain, I’m avoiding growth.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Difficulties are God’s curriculum for those who want to excel.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Change only happens when our level of desire (or actually desperation) rises above the level of our fears.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“You’ll grow only to the threshold of your pain.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Never trust a leader who doesn’t walk with a limp. —DR. J. ROBERT CLINTON”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“Pain. If you’re not hurting, you’re not leading. Your vision for the future has to be big enough to propel you to face the heartaches and struggles you’ll find along the way.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

“As we lead organizations—businesses, nonprofits, and churches—size doesn’t matter as much as another crucial factor. The biggest difference between leaders of large organizations and small organizations isn’t their location, the size of their building, the scope of the vision, the number of staff members, or their talent. In fact, some of the best leaders I’ve ever met have small organizations. But in all my consulting and conferences, I’ve seen a single factor: leaders of larger organizations have proven they can handle more pain.”

? Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth

Summary of 1 Samuel and the books of the Judgers, Joshua, Ruth, and the Pentateuch:

The characters who have surfaced to the top so far in 1 Samuel are: Israel – The Nation - Samuel – Eli – his sons – Samuels sons, and Saul - Israel’s first king - their stories teach us the following:”

The messages which I have seen being communicated in the books we have covered in the Bible from the OT address Israel the Nation and also individuals – it is a warning message to both a nation and to individuals:

1. Listening to God = Blessing

2. Ignoring God = Deception

3. Rebellion against God = Judgment of God

I have not done much into explaining the mystery of the nation of Israel - we have looked at a lot of personal stories of God’s people - we know most of the OT follows the birth of this nation – the rise of this nation – it’s unusual connection to God – And even last week we see the nation moving from a theocracy to a monarchy – They now have their first King of Israel crowned and anointed “Saul.”

I want to take a moment and address the mystery of Israel and their connection to God the Father!

The mystery people of Israel have always been at the center of things in history – both ancient and modern-day. Cahn states, “No people have ever known so much rejection, antipathy, and hatred. Joined to one land as no other people have ever been so joined to a land (a small section of land) – and yet separated from their land and landless as no other people have been so separated from a land or landless. Dwelling apart and separate from the nations as no people have ever been so separate-and yet so intertwined with the nations and yet so critical (to the world). No people have ever been so connected to their times and their space, and yet no people have so transcended the parameters of time and space to become near timeless and universal. They have been the weakest of nations and yet the strongest- the most vulnerable of people and most often in danger of extermination-and yet the most enduring of people. No people, while on earth, have ever known the presence of God and glories of Heaven (Like Israel) – and yet no other people have ever so known the depths of hell. (The holocaust) They are an enigma, an anomaly, a paradox, a mystery people…What makes Israel unique among the nations, and the Jews, separate among the peoples? The answer is God! (The Dragon Prophecy page 15).