Been a while since my last blog - just wanted to throw a quick thought down from today which has grabbed my attention and which I will probably be chewing on for a little while to come...
Just had lunch with a great leader!! He is a great leader because after one lunch with the guy, I find myself desiring to follow him - and you know what they say "a guy without followers is just a guy taking a walk."
Well, he was compelling to listen to because he didn't presume to know it all, he didn't take a posture of arrogance and he wasn't condescending.
He is confident and he is completely aware of who he is and what he has been created to do and be, but more importantly he knows the creator and seeks to serve, love, glorify and enjoy Him in and through his whole life...
Often when I meet with those in 'senior' or 'leadership' positions I feel like they are saying to me "do what I say and not what I do" - this guy was so refreshing and attractive to me because he pretty much shared what he does and said take it or leave it! I respond to that - it allows me the room to be an adult child of God as opposed to just a baby, infant child of God...
Refreshing and challenging to me as an aspiring follower of Jesus and leader of men!
I guess this is what I walked out of this lunch with - in order to be a great leader you must first, and always, know how to follow and whom to follow!
The things this leader spoke of were big and radical and not comfortable, but I am thankful for his input and his vulnerability in trusting me with his own thoughts - I believe he has shared Jesus with me today - the Jesus of the Bible - a radical, a not so safe teacher who is calling us to a life of 'bigness', a God who is drawing us toward a life less ordinary and out of mediocrity!
It's exciting and I pray that the Holy Spirit, not only, shows me how to live radically for and with Jesus, but that He gives me the boldness, courage and power to live it out!!
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