It’s that time of year when our calendars are usually packed with all kinds of events. Award ceremonies, exams, parties, programs, graduations, celebrations, championships, and more happen in a typical May in Christian schooling. On top of that, our minds, attention, and efforts are also already fixed on August and what the new year will bring. With that in mind, in this month’s blogs, I want to remind you of a few simple truths that not only impact the activities in May but also as we look to the new year.
Since the individual heart and mind are the consistent ingredient that runs through every home, church, and school, it is imperative that we control what we can control, in ourselves. Since as a school leader, I am the one that impacts and influences my faculty, students, parents, and others around me, then I had better be certain that my heart is fully committed and cognizant of the truth of God’s Word.
Simply put:
- We must constantly examine ourselves to “see if we are in the faith; examine yourself.”
- We must ask the Lord to examine us; “Search me O God and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me…”
- We must ask the Lord to cleanse us from anything that gets in the way; “Create in me a clean heart…restore to me the joy of my salvation.”
- We must recognize who we are in Christ: “I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I that lives but Christ lives in me.” “For me to live is Christ…”
The slower pace of summer, which is just around the corner, is the perfect time to pause, lock in, and ask the Lord to not only search out hearts but to direct our paths as we prepare for the upcoming school year!
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