Leaders are visionaries.
They think big, dream big, and plan big. But sometimes the “big” doesn’t happen the way they envision. So they experience a “big” disappointment.
I don’t want to imply that big is wrong. No one wants to follow a leader that doesn’t think big. But one of the sides of big we don’t think about is, big results come with a big responsibility. And big responsibility must be stewarded by someone with big character and big competencies.
Suppose a pastor prays that his church will grow to one thousand people. In that case, he better have the competency and character required to lead a church of level of complexity. Or if an entrepreneur wants to expand her business from 1 to 5 franchises. She better have the character required to handle the added pressures. Not to mention the skills needed to scale to that size.
Sometimes I think God doesn’t give us “bigger” results because we don’t have the character or competency to steward the bigger responsibility. Don’t get in too big a hurry to get too big.
If you want to grow something big, focus on developing big character and competencies and leave the other stuff to God.
