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'I said, "Here I am, send me' ISAIAH 6:8
Are you one of those people who's always sticking their hand in the air, volunteering, saying 'pick me, pick me' a bit like the donkey in Shrek? Are you saying to God, 'Send me'? Before you do, check out these three key 'Cs' for leading and succeeding for God:
1) Commitment: Real leaders don't quit; even if they want to. Have you ever started tidying your room, and it gets messier before it gets better? It'd be easy to give up halfway through, thinking you'd failed, but that'd be a disaster! Just like leadership, you have to see it through to the end to get good results, to see the tidy room. You can't quit halfway through, even if it gets tough. With God's strength, you'll be able to handle the demands of people, pressures and problems that come your way
2) Creativity: Just before the birth of Jesus a Roman poet called Horace wrote: 'Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant' - which can be put simply as, problems unlock creativity. Wise leaders look for a solution to every problem, then act on it.
3) Compassion: What moves you? What gets you excited? If you're going to lead, you need to love - and you can't always pick and choose who you'll be leading. So before you say 'Lord, send me', ask yourself; are you ready, and do you have what it takes?
written by Bob Gass
'I said, "Here I am, send me' ISAIAH 6:8
Are you one of those people who's always sticking their hand in the air, volunteering, saying 'pick me, pick me' a bit like the donkey in Shrek? Are you saying to God, 'Send me'? Before you do, check out these three key 'Cs' for leading and succeeding for God:
1) Commitment: Real leaders don't quit; even if they want to. Have you ever started tidying your room, and it gets messier before it gets better? It'd be easy to give up halfway through, thinking you'd failed, but that'd be a disaster! Just like leadership, you have to see it through to the end to get good results, to see the tidy room. You can't quit halfway through, even if it gets tough. With God's strength, you'll be able to handle the demands of people, pressures and problems that come your way
2) Creativity: Just before the birth of Jesus a Roman poet called Horace wrote: 'Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant' - which can be put simply as, problems unlock creativity. Wise leaders look for a solution to every problem, then act on it.
3) Compassion: What moves you? What gets you excited? If you're going to lead, you need to love - and you can't always pick and choose who you'll be leading. So before you say 'Lord, send me', ask yourself; are you ready, and do you have what it takes?
written by Bob Gass
