Chapter 2: Leading is Believing: The Leader is Driven by Beliefs That Lead to Action
Conviction stems from what we believe. Conviction is found atop those hills upon which we are willing to die. I may believe that water is the cheapest means of transportation, but that doesn’t mean I am prepared to stake my very life on this belief. That is, I am not willing to die for this belief. Therefore, this is not a conviction.
If I am preparing to stake my leadership on a particular conviction, it is first rooted in something that I believe. Therefore, it is best that that that belief is true. It might be rightly said that godly conviction stems from the marriage of righteous passion and right belief. Unrighteous passion and wrong belief may produce conviction, but it will not be godly.
“The starting point for Christian leadership is not the leader but the eternal truths that God has revealed to us—the truths that allow the world to make sense, frame our understandings, and propel us to action” (27).
This post is part of a larger series of posts. Each post is a short reflection on a chapter of The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership that Matters by Albert Mohler (ISBN 978-0-7642-1004-4).
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