What do you do when the promise is delayed?

Mar 10
1 min read

Updated: Mar 12

When we adopt a biblical approach to leadership, we begin uncovering overlooked leaders, empowering teams, and building lasting, mission-driven impact rooted in purpose and stewardship. The future of transformational leadership may be hiding in plain sight — *Why true security comes from trusting the purpose behind your work—not just the achievement of your goals.*

Leaders get attached to the promise—the successful exit, the record-breaking quarter, the rewarding promotion.

But what happens when that promise is delayed? What happens when the market shifts, a key project fails, or a promotion doesn't come through?

I was struck by this idea: True security comes from clinging to the Source of your drive, not the immediate satisfaction of the goal. The 'Promise Giver' more than the 'Promise getter.

'When we're more attached to our 'why' than the 'what,'

we become unshakable.

Our security isn’t based on securing the blessing ourselves, but on trusting the person and the purpose driving our process.

Fr. Mark Haydu LC.

The current chaplain to the Lumen Institute, NYC, is an experienced Spiritual Director with a demonstrated history of working with and in teams from Vatican City to New York City. Skilled in retreats, mentoring, fundraising, writing, public speaking, moral theology, and spiritual counseling. He is a strong community and social services professional with a master’s degree in both Philosophical Ethics and Moral Theology, with a focus on Family and Sexual Ethics.