Questions God may ask you

Ken Gosnell Dec. 5, 2018

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Performance conversations are essential to building a great culture and a growing business. However, many leaders never perform this vital task. Not many CEOs and business owners receive performance reviews from the board of directors or an outside consultant. 

One critical mistake too many leaders make is living unexamined lives. As leaders who run businesses for God, it is essential to maximize the concept of stewardship in our decisions, choices and behaviors. As good stewards, an annual assessment to consider the traits that God would be pleased with is both beneficial and insightful for future growth. 

Here are 10 questions God might ask regarding your stewardship of the business He has entrusted to you to lead. 

1. Have you been a good steward of the resources I have given you?           

Review your stewardship by asking yourself the following questions: 

• Have you used the talents and blessings that I brought you and the business? 

• Have you been engaged in developing your people so they can work at the highest level possible? 

• Have you encouraged them to take risks and be bold in making decisions and achieving solutions? 

• Have you invested the business resources in a way to foster the company’s growth? 

• Have you wasted finances on expenditures that yielded little return?  

2. Have you completed the tasks and mission I have given to you to accomplish with joy?  

Have you pursued your tasks this year with joy and contentment, knowing you’re working on what God has given you to do? Can you look back and know that you focused your time and attention on the most necessary and critical activities to ensure the business was a success? 

3. Have you spent time asking Me to reveal what I desire for the business?                        

Have you spent time seeking God’s voice to discern what He wants you to do with the business He owns? Have you set aside daily meetings to ask for direction and seek God’s wisdom from His Word?  

4. Have you pursued excellence to glorify Me through your work? 

Did the work you accomplished this past year bring honor and glory to God through excellence? Did you go the second mile in your work? Did you use your business and the work performed there to help advance God’s kingdom in the marketplace? 

5. Have you been faithful to Me, to your spouse and your call? 

This year, can you can say with a clear conscience that you have been faithful to your spouse?   Have you honored your spouse in your conversations and with your actions? Does your spouse feel that they are more important than your business?  Have you been faithful to your calling? Have you used the gifts that God has given to you? Have you been committed to your children? Have you been committed to your mission? Finally, have you been faithful to God in all things?   

6. Have you produced spiritual fruit according to the Holy Spirit? 

Have you displayed the fruit of Spirit, even in difficult moments? Would your team use the fruit of the Spirit to describe you and your leadership? Have you focused on becoming more Spirit-led this year? Would you say that you have made a significant improvement in at least a few of these areas?  

7. Have you taken risks that honor Me by displaying your trust?  

Do you trust God? Are you taking a step of faith in using your business as an avenue of worshipping God?  Have you trusted God’s path in reaching tough decisions when it would have been easy to do what the average business owner would have done?

8. Have you invested in others to help them to grow and develop?              

Have you taken time to know your team’s strengths and weaknesses? Have you invested your time in developing your people so that you can honestly say that you have done the best with the people resources God has entrusted to you?

9. Do you give Me credit and praise for all the blessings and accomplishments in your life? 

Do you thank God on a daily basis for all the blessings He has given you and your business? Are you intentional about recognizing God in your business as a way of praising Him? Do you have a heart of gratitude? Are you bold in your faith when you speak to others about your business?   

10. Have you remained teachable? Are you open to new ways of leading the company I have given to you to steward?  

Evaluate your stewardship by reflecting on the following questions: Do you consistently put yourself in teachable situations to stay sharp and learn new and innovative ways to lead your business? Do you invest in the growth of your team? Do you ask critical questions of others to learn and expand your thinking?  

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Ken Gosnell is CEO and Servant Leader of CXP (CEO Experience). CXP is a premier coaching and executive roundtable business that serves Christian CEOs in Washington DC, Maryland and Florida. Ken serves leaders by helping them and their teams to have great experiences that both transform the leader and their organizations to go further faster. Learn More »

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