Open Heaven 18 September 2020:
[Friday] – Becoming An Exemplary Leader II
BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER II – Friday
September 18th 2020
Memorise: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name, lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:4
Read: Genesis 11:1-6(KJV)
11 And the whole earth was of one language, and
of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men builded.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from
them, which they have imagined to do.
Message:-
Rarely will anyone see a better way of doing
things and not connect with it. If you want to do the extraordinary, your
followers must first and foremost share the same vision with you.
Open Heaven 18 September 2020 – Becoming An Exemplary Leader II
Before the people started working on the
project in Genesis 11, the leaders had spelt out the vision to everyone. Don’t
expect people to join you when they don’t know where you are going. Sell your
vision so convincingly that they will adopt it as their own and be ready to pay
any price to get there. Habakkuk 2:2 says:
“And
the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon
tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
Open Heaven 18 September 2020: [Friday] – Becoming An Exemplary Leader II
As a leader, is your vision written for all
your followers to see? Is it plain enough for them to understand? Is it available
on all ‘tables’ rather than just your tables? If you answered yes to all, then
you have laid the right foundation for your followers to key into your vision.
Habakkuk 2:2 says the vision should be plain
upon table, not just a table. Thus, every stakeholder must be aware of the
vision.
Open Heaven 18 September 2020: Friday: Reflection
Long before our exponential growth started in
the RCCG, we made it compulsory for the vision and mission statements to be
displayed publicly in every parish. Everyone knew our number one vision is to
make heaven and the second is to take as many as possible with us. So, we were
always looking for ways to start new parishes of the Church. Today there are so
many parishes around the world, not because I am an expert at planting them,
but because the vision is no longer just mine, it is everyone’s.
Sometimes ago, I prophesied that the work
would be so much, I wouldn’t be able to attend to all and even ushers would
perform wonders. Today, by the grace of God, miracles happen during praise and
worship sessions at some our services. A lot of members and workers are already
being used of God. One woman even raised three dead people in one day,
something I am yet to do.
Reflection
Is your vision plainly written down for all your followers to see?
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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