Even the simple and obvious leadership principles need to be made simple and obvious, and repeated over and over again to leaders like you and me.
Considering the fact that we have a God who is constantly at work to reveal Himself, there should not be another group on the planet that is coming up with better ideas than the people he has chosen to use as his instruments of revelation. Let’s not waste what we have at our disposal.
The genesis of any system for getting your ideas from your mind to reality starts with the initial moment of inspiration. I’ve found that these moments occur in two different ways.
Pastors have to know how to move people. And they have to know how to move them on two tracks – 1) individually and 2) corporately.
Sometimes God plants a vision in your heart so outrageous that you need to keep it to yourself for a while. Maybe you’ll have to cover your vision with a veil until what you’ve seen becomes clear to others too.
Make a commitment today to start asking how you can set others up for success. The question might create extra work for you. But the dividends it will pay will be worth it.
When it comes to casting the vision God has put in our hearts, every time we’re presenting it to people it’s like a backers’ audition. Every person you cast your vision to isn’t just a person you’re informing about what you’re doing. They’re people who could potentially back it.