are you my leader?

well today i had lunch with a really great man of God. his name is jermy he is the young adult pastors here at tri-city christian center. we went to lunch at micdoogals. i had the great big mac and he had some fish thing. when the word pastor comes to mind i think of a man and he is preaching on sunday morning with the light from out side shinning in. but that is not all a pastor is and that is no different for jermy. jermy reminds me of a man who if he was to save your life would say when you went to give him a rewored, " that's all right i was just doing the right thing." he seems like he would do any thing in his power to see the kingdom of God advanced. that is a pastor.

they say that, "you have to have someone following you to be a leader." but i say, "there are several key things that you have to do before any one will ever look your way for leadership." before i get to that i have to say that leadership is influence. the level of influence you have with a person will determine your level of leadership over them. so here are four of the things that people are attracted to in a potential leader.

the first thing to attract people to you is the most obvious. 'you must have the discipline down.' you have to be a man or woman of God. in his word and presses. this is the foundation that every thing is built on. and it is the hardest to maintain. but if this goes amiss the hole thing comes down. although if this is right then you will be able to stand through all the improbability, ludicrousness and crap that the world, devil and other people can dish out. you can fake this for only so long then you will be found out right about the time when your world falls down all around you.

secondly, ' you must have a competent view of were you are going. also knowing were those you already lead are going.' as a lead you have to be ahead of the game. i have been playing madden football lately and to be good at it you have to look about five moves ahead. the same is true for leads in real life. you have to see the big picture and know you and your teams spot in that picture.

there is a part two to this one. once you see were you want to be you have to be able to get there. like in madden i know that i want to win the supper bowl. and that is great but that will not win me the trophy. before i see my team in the super bowl i have to make it to the post season by winning regular season games. and before i win games i have to score points. but before that i have to call the right plays. and before that i have to have the right men on and off the field. but before that i have to. ok i think that you get the picture. that if the picture in your head going to come out and life be brought to it there a lot of little steps that have to come first. the one dude was right when he said, "one small step for man. one giant step for man kind."

ok i know i said four thinks earlier but this is getting really long and if i was to put all four out then you wouldn't buy my book.

ok "in conclusion" these things i saw in jermy today as we talked. what i saw was someone that i would follow. not only would i follow him but i'm looking for opportunities to minister along side him. and i am picky who i will do that with. i think that everyone has some thing to teach me but this is someone that i can't wait to learn from.