Creator, Not a Manager

I think God has just revealed to me something very important.  In all that I’ve been praying about recently about what I’m supposed to do with my life, something’s become clear.

I am a creator, not a manager.

Thank you Lord for revealing this to me.  I view this as a vital discovery, and am blessed to be putting this together now rather than later.  As my professional successes and frustrations have shown, my value comes in my ability to create things – to see possibilities and create!  When trying to manage people, I feel like I fumble around, even with the best of intentions.  I’m not sure how my management skill comes across to other people, but I know it’s not my strength.

This is vital in that:

1) I need to pray and think very seriously about how I go about "doing the most what I do the best"

2) In future endeavors, if or when I do something entrepreneurially, I will know that I need to hire or work alongside with someone who is called to be a manager.  I learned my lesson with working for my uncle.  I saw how he handled the business and how lifeless it was, even with what he was obviously very passionate about.  He lacked management skills, just like me, and he was unable to let go of the reigns to let someone else manage it for him.  That is a vision that I must protect myself from.  That lesson may have been a key reason I was there.