Managers assist people to do better and more efficiently what they are already doing. They help implement the strategies and visions of leaders. Good management is necessary in an organization so people can accomplish what they have been hired or enlisted to do. But management and leadership is not the same thing.
Leaders take people to a place they have not been before. Spiritual leaders guide those who follow them to experience fresh dimensions of serving God. Would-be leaders who are reluctant to challenge the status quo may be equippers, facilitators, enablers, or managers, but they are not really leaders. God calls spiritual leaders to take people from where they are to where He wants them to be. It will be a new place, a challenging place, and a place of dependence on God.
As a leader, are you in motion or are you just spinning your well-greased wheels? Do you have a God-given direction or are you force-marching your followers to wander in the wilderness until you find your way? Take time to know where God wants you to lead your people and then take your people on the journey of a lifetime. Seek God in your prayer time, in your worship time, and in your time in His word and you will find Him. Then you will know His ways, and His plans for you and for those whom you lead.