Heroes Take the Lead
We lead people. The questions are “do we realize we are leaders?” and “where are we leading them to?
As a follower of Jesus you lead yourself in God’s Word, in His will, and in His plans for your own life. You lead your life through your daily choices, decisions, and actions. As a Christian, you lead your relationships into the will of God and into the good things He has for you. In addition, you are leading the people you are around. You may not have the title as a manager, director, pastor, or leader, but in reality you are leading people every day of your life by your example, by your spirit, by your modeling. So regardless of age, job, position you are a leader. You may not be leading people into God’s plan, but you are leading them somewhere.
There are 8 things that a leader must posses.
1. Compassion
2. Vision
3. Strategy
4. Relationships
5. Faith
6. Energy
7. Follow-through
8. Renewal
1. Compassion
Compassion is the motivating factor for every leader. Love is the only force with enough power to move you to Godly success.
Mark 1:40-42
Jesus healed the leper out of compassion
We see that people often say I know God is able, but don’t think He is willing. But Jesus answered that I am willing. When the love of God is motivating you, you will succeed.
We can’t use our powers for evil. We often are motivated in a negative way. We try to manipulate people. Kids manipulate parents, boys manipulate girls, or we are friends with people to get something from them. Do you do the same with God? A lot of people do. They kind of pray here and there, but when the diagnosis is cancer then they get serious.
See Jesus healed the leper out of love, and when you and I are motivated by love we will begin to live life at a higher level. If you are motivated with love, you have a power, a source, strength, and a motivation that will enable you to be the kind of person that really has an effect on your world.
2. Vision
Vision enables us to see what God wants us to build. Some may call these goals, or dreams. Whatever you call it, the key is to right it down. Whether it is about your spouse, your job, finances, whatever it is be sure get it down.
Habakkuk 2:2
Study done on college graduates 83% had no goals, 14% had goals but didn’t write them down and after 15 years were worth the same amount as 83%, 3% wrote down their goals and was worth 10X more.
A visionary sees it before it is done.
Joshua 6:1-2
Verse 1 it is shut up, verse 2 God said he gave to Joshua’s hand which was it? How about David and Goliath? David had to see himself defeating Goliath before he did. They details may be fuzzy, but we need to focus on the vision God has given to us.
3. Strategy
If vision is the “what”, then strategy is the “how”. An effective leader has a strategy to fulfill the plan God has given them.
Proverbs 3:13-16
Wisdom is the key element. How are you going to accomplish your vision, by wisdom and understanding. Just because you have a vision doesn’t mean you will fulfill it. We have to understand that God doesn’t live our life, we do. So if someone asks how are you going to fulfill your vision, don’t give him or her the “church” answer I’m going to let God do it. God blesses the work of our hands. You have to do something.
4. Relationships
We need good relationships with God, family, and people who will move us forward. We are not lone rangers or people who do it all. Even out in the world 9 times out of 10 people skills are more important that tech skills. You have to be able to deal with people.
5. Faith
Faith is important to God, we fight the good fight of faith, we pray the prayer of faith, and we walk by faith, we overcome by faith. God is watching for faith, He responds to faith.
Our faith is manifested in our words.
Mark 11:14, 21-23
You have to speak to your circumstances and then believe that it is done. You have to be able to stand in the fact that it is done, even if you cant see it yet.
Remember faith is not a feeling. It’s a decision to believe and speak the word of God.
6. Energy
A leader stays “up” and lives by the Holy Spirit. We don’t try to get fired up as leaders, we are always fired up. Now this doesn’t mean that we must have a bubbly, outgoing personality. It means that we don’t let the emotions of a rough day effect us.
Proverbs 23:7
We must understand that our emotions follow our thinking. Philippians say we must think on good things. When we think on good things our emotions are up and our energy is up.
7. Follow-through
A good leader will follow-through and outlast the enemy. They are still standing when the enemy gives up. He is still standing when the devil gets tired and goes home. A good leader never quits, never stops, and doesn’t fail. Col. Sanders went to 1,009 people to buy is chicken recipe. On 1,010 someone said yes. Thomas Edison effectively found over 10,000 ways that a light bulb doesn’t work. Some might see those as failures, those people are not good leaders.
Hebrews 10:36
This is not a sprint, it is a marathon
James 1:2-4
Patience, Patience, Patience
Remember that Good things and God take time. Good marriages take years of communication, learning, growing, and enduring with each other. Love never fails!
8. Renewal
*See blog Take Time to Recharge
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