Wanted! Leaders! Part 1

If you have made the commitment to receive the salvation that comes through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross the body of Christ needs you!  If you are committed to being led by the Holy Spirit; the body of Christ needs, you! If you know or have a desire to discern and discover your spiritual gifts the body of Christ needs, you! 

How confident are you that Jesus is returning?  How confident are you that there are millions of people who do not have a personal relationship with Christ?  How confident are you that there are people in our nation, in your state, in your city, in your community on your job, at your school, in your household who have never been reconciled to God through His son Jesus Christ?  How confident are you that there are people who have never experienced the thirst quenching power of the Word of God?  What about people who have never experienced the manifested presence and power of Christ through you, a believer?  There are too many people in the world who are still in the "never" category regarding these very personal encounters to limit the idea of leadership in the body of Christ to positions and titles.   

When I talk about leadership I am defining leadership as one who has been given influence.  Every person in the body of Christ has influence.  We must shift our thoughts of leadership from the idea of title and position to one who has influence and who has the heart to be influential.  I believe every person who is a believer in Christ has a call to be an influencer.  The problem is we have put leadership in a small box and only define leaders as people who hold titles and positions.  All believers have been given a position of influence.  The Triune voice of God is clear in 1 Peter 2:9 when he says those of us who are believers are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession to declare the praises of him who called [us] to declare the praises of him who called [us] out of darkness into the light” what this says to me is that believers are to be influencers, a people who are willing to be the example to others.  That’s leadership; that’s influence.  If you are a believer, you are a leader!  If you have excluded yourself and have only limited the idea of leadership in the body of Christ based on the number of followers you have, who has the title, the position or the ear of the “leaders” in the body of Christ then you may be contributing to what I call a leadership crisis in the church. This frame of thought is Satan's way of preventing believers in the church from answering the call of God on their lives to be leaders!  Stop believing the lie that you are not a leader!  You are!!

I believe that I have discovered how the body of Christ can move from a leadership crisis to a leadership movement.  My experience as a believer in various leadership positions and non leadership positions in numerous settings both inside and outside of the church has given me great insight for how to overcome this leadership crisis. 

I invite ALL believers who have never viewed yourself as a leader to read part two of this blog.  If you are currently a leader who is open to reading a perspective about leadership that may be different from your own.   I invite you to read part two of this blog or if you are a believer who is willing to lead in the body of Christ and to be led by the Holy Spirit, I invite you to go to part two of this blog.  Coming Soon!