have you ever been pulled in two directions? There's an urgent crisis and an unexpected interruption at the exact same time. Leadership often lives in this tension between two or multiple things. Let's look at how Jesus handled those leadership interruptions. I'm Chris Moore and this is Lead in 10 where we look at how Jesus leads and what that means for your leadership today in Mark chapter five, Jairus a respected synagogue leader, falls down at Jesus' feet. His daughter, she's dying. Time is running out. He begs Jesus to come. Jesus agrees, and they begin the journey. The urgency is real. A child is dying. But along the way, a woman with a chronic illness reaches out and touches the hymn of his garment. Jesus stops, he turns, he talks to her and he heals her. While all that's happening, someone from Jairus's House shows up and says, your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the master anymore. Can you imagine Jairus in that moment? Relief is replaced by heartbreak. His hope in Jesus is interrupted by this grief of hearing that his daughter is dead, but Jesus. He isn't shaken. He looks Jairus in the eye and says, be not afraid. Only believe they keep going. Jesus enters the house, takes the little girl by the hand and says, little girl, I saying unto thee, arise. And she gets up alive whole. She is restored. Jesus leads with both urgency and compassion. He doesn't rush past people, but he also doesn't abandon the mission. As leaders, we feel that same pressure. There's a deadline that's looming, a crisis hits, and then we're interrupted. Someone needs us. A team member may be hurting a customer calls a family member breaks down. Do we brush past them in the name of getting things done, or do we stop, connect and then keep going? Jesus shows us that it's not an either or. It's a both and he doesn't lose sight of jairus's need, but he doesn't miss the woman's need either. He stays present through both, and because of that, both experience healing, I. Picture a leader who's trying to save a failing project. The pressure is intense. The timelines, it's tight. In the middle of it, a junior team member asks for five minutes to talk. The easy choice is to wave them off, not now I got too much going on. Maybe make an appointment for next week. But the wise leader, they pause, they listen and discover that the team member is facing a personal crisis that's been affecting both their performance. And their morale. That conversation shifts not only the individual's experience, but the trajectory of the project. Jesus wasn't thrown off by delay. He was confident in God's timing. That's leadership maturity. He understood. What power he had in that moment and also what he really needed to do. Most of us, are trained to associate value with speed. We move fast, we respond fast, we solve fast, we make those decisions. But sometimes the most powerful leadership moment is when you pause Jesus. He kept moving, but he didn't move past people. He moved with them and because of that, he also moved them. What urgent issue are you facing right now when interruptions have come? You have been tempted to ignore certain things because it felt inconvenient. What were those? Paul today and asked, is this an interruption or is this a divine appointment? You don't have to choose between progress and people. Jesus showed us that we must always value both. This week, I want you to build in a little margin. Give yourself some space to stop when someone reaches out. Take a breath, take a pause. It might feel like you're being inefficient, that you're just not moving in the right direction, but this might just be the moment someone experiences grace through your leadership, you might actually truly be able to lead in a way you haven't felt it before. So think of one area where you've been pushing forward hard. Is there a person or situation that you've been overlooking in the name of urgency? Stop. Take 10 minutes to connect. Ask a question, send a message. Make that phone call and see what God might do in that in-between space, between our urgency. This interruption. If this episode encouraged you to lead with both urgency and compassion, share it with a leader who's running really hard right now. And remember, Jesus didn't rush, but he also never missed his mission. Thanks for joining me on Lead Intent. Until next time, slow down, stay focused, and lead with both hands, purpose and people. I'll see you next time.