Golf

I had a great lesson in leadership yesterday. The air condition was off at the office so I decided it was God’s will that I play golf instead of sweating in my office. So I called my buddy, Tara, to see if she wanted to play. She agreed so I made a tee time for 4. We were joined by Jeremy and Rachel (our worship pastor and his wife).
Tara rarely plays and Rachel has never played. Jeremy has skills but they are developing and I am a competitive crazy man. Tara was excited that Jeremy and Rachel were joining us because she knew I would behave. We had a blast. It took us 5 hours to play, but we had a blast.
So what did I learn? Life is not about competition. It is about relationships. If I am competing all the time then I will make someone the winner (me) and someone the loser (anyone but me). No one likes to be the loser! If I can lead people in the context of building relationships and not in the context of who looks the best maybe I can lead rightly. What I must remember that Christ died for me (a loser) so that I might live rightly for His glory. My right living is based on building people. That might be the core of leadership, building people.
O yea, I played the best round I have played in years, but who’s competing?