For those who are gardeners, pruning is a process that is useful in producing beautiful gardens. It seems counter-intuitive, but the results speak for themselves – cutting back creates growth. In our personal lives, we know God also uses this method intangibly to help us become who He wants us to be. We often feel His presence trimming and snipping those areas that need attention. As leaders, however, pruning in terms of a staff as demonstrated in God’s dealing with Gideon may never have crossed our minds.
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Anyone in leadership understands the importance of an open door. We seek God’s will and pray He opens the door He intends us to enter. Too often we forget the open door for us can also be an opportunity for opposition from others.
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Kingdom work as a leader can be very fulfilling. Seeing hours of work and prayer come to a constructive conclusion is so encouraging, letting us feel blessed to be on the front line for our Lord. On the other hand however, it can also be downright demanding. If those days of work and hours in prayer continue without a reasonable result, we can end up exhausted both physically and spiritually. This is exactly what happened to Elijah.
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