Moses
Leadership is a ragtag minefield of primitive spells and pits and high tech explosives and trip wires.
It is a game of people’s perceptions, emotions and pleasures. We dangle carrots and sticks. We build walls and bridges. We breakthrough in moments when the Spirit is kindled but then, in that inspired movement, they do what we often are not ready for: they follow us.
And suddenly as the life* of the Spirit wanes, all of the liabilities of the tightrope are magnified infinitely because of the weight, the complaints, the pride, the jealousy, the fears, the comfort of the people now coming out on the rope with us.
Who is the game against? It feels like a fight with the person, with the ‘sheep’, with the impetuous child. A battle of wills? But then, the leader is only there to serve the person. How can it not be the follower’s will to follow their leader?
Surely, the battle is not with the follower. It is not with flesh and blood. The flesh and blood person is desiring to live free, to grow strong, to do good, to invest wisely. But they are tied back by ‘shoulds’ and ‘should – nots’. They are tied back by fears and insecurities and guilt. They are tied back by unaccomplished goals and conquered trophies. And they are clouded by distrust and self – certainty. And these powers exert such a pull on a person that it requires the most supernatural of stirrings and the most godly of leaders to shepherd a person out of the bog.
And the more accomplished and confident one looks, usually, the more tied down we are.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
posted by Pilgrim at 10:01 am
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Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the
status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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i used to blame the israelites for being so forgetful and childish until i saw myself in amongst the crowd.
i also used to blame moses for getting angry and cutting short his entry into the promised land until i felt the leadership weight of responsiblity on my shoulders and the God of consequences.
i think knowing i am both a follower and a leader truly is seriously empowering.
im thankful for The godliest of leaders to get me out of bogs knowing i too am called to do the same as He in this altogether supernatural kingdom on earth.
When I was a child, I spake as
a child, I understood as a child,
I thought as a child: but when
I became a man, I put away
childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also
I am known.
Leadership takes tranformation of the heart and the soul. It could well be a wonderfully treacherous journey to the uncharted waters of contravening minds, but if a man of uneloquent tongues could convince the callous Pharoah, then even faith of a mustard seed could move mountains. So take heart brothers. The adventures have merely begin...
Bloggerific! Ha ha. Anyhow, liked Moses and thought a stranger could say hi here. Found u and ur site when searching for santeria love spells fyi. Cool stuff here, thanx Pilgrim.
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