Continuing the series (there will be three parts…)
F = Fight
O = Optimistic
Call me crazy…but I am an optomist…I always see the glass half full!
Let me be very clear…I’ve never met a person who enjoyed or embraced a pessimistic leader.
Sure, we will all have our days marked with doubt; however, if a leader doesn’t fully believe in the vision that he or she is casting…and at the first sign of resistance want to throw up their hands and quit…then how in the world do they expect other people to fully buy in?
If God places something inside of you…then you have to believe what His Word says in Philippians 1:6…that HE began that work…and HE will complete it.
NO ONE can be held accountable for the optomism in relation to the vision other than the leader. And so…if the people around you don’t seem to be optomistic…take a look in the mirror before talking down to them.
C = CHANGE
Many times God will change things up in order to get us to focus on Him more…and one of my prayers lately has been, “God, please DESTROY my preconceived notions of how church should be done and place YOUR HEART, MIND and DESIRES in me!”
In reading through the book of Acts lately it has been so clear to me that God had to do some MAJOR changing in the church to get them to remain focused.
- In Acts 2 He changed the idea that the church was supposed to remain a group of 120 people who were committed to being “deep!”
- In Acts 6:1-7 He changed the idea that the pastor needed to do everything & the people were merely to observe and not participate.
- In Acts 8 He changed the idea that church is always safe.
- In Acts 9 He changed the idea that some people are beyond the reach of His grace.
- In Acts 10 He took Peter through a very uncomfortable experience in order to change the notion that the Gospel is limited to a group of people who looked and acted just like him.
Intense focus requires allowing God to change us in order that our attention on Him may become more intense! Change isn’t always comfortable…but it is often necessary.
I personally believe that many churches are a change or two away from experiencing God’s blessing and favor like never before…just my opinion!