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“You know you are a leader if you look behind you and people are following you.”  There are many leaders who have people following them, but the leader is not leading them anywhere.

All too often, the leader himself is not being led. It is a shame when a leader is unwilling or unable to be led of the Holy Spirit. It is a tremendous loss of potential to the Kingdom. As well, those who want to follow that leader become discouraged as their willingness to be led turns to disillusionment.

A leader who refuses to move in the direction God would lead him lacks the courage to see beyond the obstacles in his way. Someone who’s intent is to wait until circumstances are perfect before he moves forward, will never move. There will always be some obstacle between where you are and where God wants you to be. Moses and the Children of Israel are the perfect examples of people who had a clear vision of where they felt God was leading them. They found that there were going to be many walled cities and giants they were going to have to face before they arrived at their place of promise.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the willingness to face your fear and move forward in spite of the uncertainty or risk.

Thomas Edison was a leader in technology. Can you imagine our world without the light bulb or harnessed electricity? We would still be reading by candlelight were it not for Mr. Edison’s courage to face those who called him mad. Those closest to him said it couldn’t be done. He proved them all wrong.

How many incredible revivals could have been, except for a leader’s fear to face the obstacles in the way. Moses could have chosen to listen to Joshua and Caleb and cause Israel to move into the Promised Land. Yet his own fear added to the weight of the doubting spies report. Instead of trumpeting Joshua and Caleb’s report as the “will of God”, Moses allowed the voice of the doubters to bring fear to the camp.

It is doubtful anyone would have questioned Moses authority. The Israelites had seen him divide a Red sea. They had seen him defy Pharaoh himself. He had risen to a place of position in their minds that they were able to believe him for the miraculous.

Does every Pastor or Minister realizes how much the people they lead really look to them as a provider of the miraculous. When they call you to pray for their situation, they are saying to you, “I believe that you are a conduit of the Miraculous”. Being a leader with this kind of faith from the people is a marvelous thing. A leader who is willing to move forward in this atmosphere of faith from the people is capable of dividing the obstacles that stand in the way of the churches progress and success.

Failure is a part of success. Many enterprises fail many times before they succeed. Edison’s first light bulb was the result of over 10,000 failed experiments. Think about that. If we fail once, we too often write the vision off as a dumb idea. Had Edison stopped at experiment 9,999 we would not have the light bulb today.

Young David was the kind of leader I would have liked to follow. He was willing to take on giant obstacles in hope of winning the prize of success. Is it any wonder they sang his praises above the praises of King Saul? David was a man who showed no fear while Saul hid in his tent.

Most people are willing to take a loss if they know their leader is reaching for the perfect will of God. People don’t remember the losses of a man who makes it big once in his life. They only remember his big win.

People may be adding up your failures now, but believe me, they will forget every one of them when your church comes into a Heaven sent revival. They won’t remember a single failed sermon. All they will talk about is the incredible way that God is moving in your ministry.

People may have been talking about Peter’s cowardness shortly after Christ’s crucifixion, but their reminders of his failure were silenced the day he reached down and pulled a lame man to his feet.

Every success is worth a few shortfalls. Revival is worth the risk of mistakes, doubters and failures. Reach for prize!