As a leader, I’m a sucker for the touchy-feely seasons of leadership, when the momentum is unstoppable and everyone’s giving a thumbs-up to the vision. But then it happens…BAM…crisis or doldrums sack me like a spine-cracking linebacker.

So, I lay there on the turf and look up at the stars before I blackout. I want to give up, or at least whine about it. But then I try to remember the coaching God gave guys that came way before me, and had a much bigger part to play in the Big Game. Look what He says to Joshua (1:5), “No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

God gave Joshua a bottom line: “Before you take these people to fight for their destiny, remember that you’re protected and not alone.” No alone? Yep, God has too much invested in you and me to leave us hanging on the mission He’s given us.

Christ shouted it out too. “I’m with you ‘til the end of the age,” he told his crew–which includes us, now.

Does God allow us to feel the impact of the world we’re helping Him rescue with His Gospel? Absolutely, but remember this when the touchy-feelies have been knocked out of you temporarily: Stay on mission and God will block for you; He’s got your back and until the game is over.