The Bible is full of
supporting evidence that people are important to God. He gave His best for people. He continues to love, guide and deal with His
people. We are His people as well. Our gracious and loving God desires to
empower us as we live life.
You might not call yourself
a leader, but all of us lead the people around us. Some of us have bigger influence than others
do, but it is vital to take seriously our impact on the lives of people around
us.
Philippians 4:13 NASB
I
can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
God decided at the beginning
of time to allow people to carry His story and His love to other people. He put the weight of believing on our
testimonies shared with the people around us.
His desire is to strengthen us, but what good is that strength if we
don’t use it?
To lead others, whether our
family or church or business, we have to chose to plug in to His power. By allowing God to work on us and work
through us we will be able allow His truth to be transferred to others.
Ephesians 3:17 NLT
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow
down into God’s love and keep
you strong.
I read an article yesterday
from Rick Warren that offered
great insight into us leading or winning the right to lead others. (The article can be found at THIS LINK.) Warren shared that there are some specific
things that we can make sure are part of our lives that allow us to influence
others.
1
Timothy 3:1,7 GNT
This is a true saying: If a man is
eager to be a church leader, he desires an excellent work… He should be a man
who is respected by the people outside the church, so that he will not be
disgraced and fall into the Devil's trap.
There are ways that we can
earn the respect of others. Integrity is
one essential way to impact others.
Without integrity we are phony. Another
key to leading is humility which is a way to open the hearts and lives of the
people around us. When we are
dependable, people will count on us and begin to let us speak in to their
lives. It is vital that we make sure our
priorities are right and are strong. To
have goals and to live with purpose gives us priorities put in the right place
and open us much for us. Generosity is a
great way to help people open up to your leading. That is not because they will be around you
to get something. Being generous is
contagious. One last way to insure being
a powerful leader is to be spiritual.
Plug your life into God and let God in each and every area of your life.
I desire to lead people to
know Jesus and to experience God. But
for me to lead others I have to be led myself.
The best leader is the one who is full of desire for others and their
best. This person is not
self-centered. This person allows God to
work through their words, actions and even through their thinking and planning.
May God help each of us to
be leading powerfully those people around us.
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