Calamities can leave us off balance and confused. Consider the crisis of Joseph’s generation as recorded in Genesis 47: “Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Canaan languished because of the famine” (Genesis 47:13 NKJV).

Joseph faced a calamity on a global scale. Joseph told his brothers, “God sent me before you to preserve life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. And God sent me before you” (Genesis 45:5-7 NKJV). Joseph began and ended his crisis with God. God preceded the famine; God would outlive the famine.

How would you describe your crisis? Do you recite your woes more naturally than you do heaven’s strength? You’re assuming God isn’t in the crisis; he is. Even a famine was fair game for God’s purpose.

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If the greatest gap between successful and unsuccessful people is the thinking gap, how can you close it? In this episode, John Maxwell is sharing the key to shrinking the distance between where you are and where you want to be! 

After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to talk about what John has shared and offer you practical application for your own life and leadership. 

Key takeaways: 

• The most effective leaders give themselves permission to think about what’s possible, not just what’s probable. 

• If I think that there is an answer, I’ll become a victor. If I think that there’s no answer, I’ll become a victim. 

• When facing a problem, think beyond just resolving the issue at hand. Discover solutions to eliminate the root cause and equip others to handle it in the future. 

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the How to Close the Thinking Gap Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/ThinkingGap and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” 

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