#1 - The Lazy Leader
I talked about this a little last week…but a church loses when the leadership is lazy and embraces mediocrity.
Lazy leaders waste time asking God to do the very things He has already COMMANDED them to do.
This really hit me the other morning when I was reading through Genesis 6-8. God announced to Noah that He was going to destroy the world (talk about a bad day)...but…then told Noah that he and his family would be saved (which HAD to be a relief!)
BUT…God’s plan was for NOAH to actually build the boat that would save him and his family.
Noah didn’t pray that God would build the boat. He took ACTION…God was very specific on the details and Noah put time and effort into doing what God commanded Him to do.
If He had been lazy…passive…“a prayer warrior” you know, all of the mumbo jumbo people use as an excuse to not do anything…then he and his entire family would have DIED as a result of his laziness.
Leaders are called to action…and when a leader is lazy and wants “God to do it all” and refuses to follow through in steps of obedience because “it’s hard,” the church loses.
David had to actually walk down in the valley and whip Goliath’s rear end.
Moses actually had to walk across the Red Sea.
Peter had to stand up and preach on the day of Pentecost.
Leaders don’t ask God for how little they can do—they constantly ask Him, “what else do You want me to do?”
Anything God’s been asking you to do that you are “spiritualizing” rather than obeying?