Leadership in Context

Three leadership essentials: government, power, and strategy. Government is the determination and execution of decisions. Power is the understanding of the tangible ingredients that create forward motion. Strategy is the plan to accomplish the goal. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

There is a move going on in our country to replace our history. That is not to say that all our history is good. Of course, we have bad history. But history is HIS-story. His story is that of redemption. His story is one of taking frail, flawed, fragile people and, in spite of themselves, doing something with them. His story is not man being self-righteous or good enough on his own. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Every human is deserving of care, no matter the circumstances (their choices or others affecting their life) that led them to be where they are. When we were full of sin, God visited us. What did we do to earn God’s visit? Justice is only justice if it’s justice for all. Jesus said, “as much—to the degree that you do it to the least of these, you’ve done it unto Me.” The least of these has to be the seed in which we operate in this human rights realm. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Servant leadership is first and foremost about serving God, not about serving people. I am submitted to God and a servant of God. I’m inviting people, not just to serve me, but inviting them to serve the Lord WITH me. I am a servant of God TO the people, not a servant of the people. I am a servant of God to the people; therefore, I serve the people. Because I’m a servant of God, I serve people because that is what God does through us. We are serving everyone so they can multiply, learn to serve, and go to the next level. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

A person is valuable because of what was paid for them. Jesus substantiated our value when He traded His life for ours. Jesus broke down the dividing wall. Anyone who is putting a brick on the wall that Jesus tore down is resisting God and the spirit of grace. We should be dismantling walls with the Truth of the Gospel. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

God is a God of authority, and authority is needed for the Church to be vibrant and effective. We cannot let our history and personal experience demand and dictate Scripture. Romans 13 is not a doctrine on civil authority. What the Apostle Paul was addressing in this chapter was that God is a God of authority, and authority is needed for the Church to be vibrant and effective. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

How do Christians relate to government? We pray. We pray that the government does not interfere or interrupt the spreading of the gospel. The government’s job is to protect us from foreign and domestic enemies. It has not been designed to teach or tutor or mandate the Church. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

How do Christians relate to government? Our allegiance is to the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s not spiritual government versus civil government. Civil government will change and fade away. God’s government is eternal. When you have a conflict of values or how to apply wisdom, you ask: What is eternal? What is temporal? What is subject to change? What is not subject to change? Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

The key to discipleship, the key to leadership is uncovering the warrior in people. That’s the fun part! Yes, you can go through getting their life together, balancing checkbooks, breaking addictions, staying free, and hearing from God. But those are all things that lead to an end. What is that end? That they might defeat the enemy. That they might humiliate the enemy. That the enemy may run from them when he sees them coming. We have discipled great character into people but very little warfare. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

The influence of a leader is critical to something happening. God has set leadership in our families, churches, businesses, communities, military, civil government. In every aspect of human endeavor, those that function well do so with headship. Good people will do the wrong thing without good leadership because God has set leadership in every institution that He ordains. We have to embrace that as leaders. We need to not only embrace leadership tactics, but embrace the leadership mantle. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.