I bet you have heard this many times: “be reasonable.” Truthfully, under many circumstances, “be reasonable” is sound advice—but not always.

As Christian leaders, there are some times to be unreasonable.

• When you pray, you might ask God to do something most would consider impossible or unreasonable. Pray unreasonable prayers.
• When you seek God, He might lead you to do something others consider undoable. Empowered by God, do unreasonable things.
• When you lead, some people might think you’re making unreasonable demands. Lead passionately and pull unreasonable results out of reasonable people.

Being unreasonable all the time would certainly be a mistake. But if you aren’t being unreasonable every now and then, you probably aren’t leading by faith.