Why blog about leadership?

It is often said that leadership is the key to every important advance in human society and accomplishment. This is particularly true when it comes to furthering God's agenda on earth. More than anything else, He longs to be reconciled with every single estranged member of His human family through the provision He has made in the death of His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Raising up godly, highly skilled leaders is the single most important key to the realization of that goal. For reasons known only to Him, God has chosen to limit most of His interactions with human beings to human means - people like you and me. He chooses to use people to touch other people, to care for other people, to speak to other people, and to lead other people. If we will respond to his attempts to draw us into an intimate, life-giving relationship with Himself, He will use us to influence others in a positive way beyond anything we could have ever dreamed.

The example of Jesus illustrates this. While He lived on earth, by walking in intimate relationship with His Father, He mentored His leadership team so effectively that they continued furthering His vision and living by His values long after He had returned to heaven. His highest goal continued to be their highest goal - bringing as many individuals into a personal relationship with God as they possibly could.

By any standard, their efforts were remarkably successful. In their own lifetimes, they spread the good news about Christ's life and the meaning of His death and resurrection throughout an amazingly wide land area with precious few resources at their disposal. They also mentored others the way Jesus had mentored them. They did it so well that those they mentored in turn did the same with yet another generation of people, who then did the same with still others, and the greatest leadership replication dynamic ever known was set in motion. It spread throughout the entire world and has continued unbroken during every moment in history down to this present time.

You and I and millions of others like us are part of this unbroken chain. Together we can mobilize others and reap the harvest Jesus spoke of in John 4:35, "Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest." As we follow Jesus, we become like Him. We begin to value what He values, think like He thinks, talk like He talks, act like He acts, live like He lives, and lead like He leads.

This blog will be dedicated to sharing some of the lessons I have learned from following Jesus and allowing Him to help me lead others. I am neither a perfect pupil nor a great leader! My failures often seem to outnumber my successes, and yet, I must say there is nothing I have ever experienced that quite compares with the joy of helping others come into the kingdom of God and then discover their destiny in His great, big scheme of things.

Come, join me on the journey, and let's learn from each other...!