Kyngdom SYNC

It’s important you have money, but money must not have you! Dr A R Bernard.

SO MANY TITLES...SO LITTLE LEADERSHIP!

If you shake a mango tree today and stand a watch, you will see Bishops, Apostles, Prophets falling all from the tree. This is obviously my stale attempt at humor, but I think you get the point.

We have reached an epic point in the body of Christ whereby people in ministry today see the need for titles. Let me balance out and say this. I am not anti title at all, but I am against titles for the sake of public notoriety where we seek the approval of and attention of man.

I seriously advocate we recalibrate and hit the RESET button when it comes to how we "function" in leadership today. I believe we need to get back to teaching and modelling what I call "FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP."

What is functional leadership?

This is leadership based upon the attitude and mind set that does not require a title to serve and get on with it...that is ministry. It is NOT talking and giving orders.
It is being willing to DO and model and example by DOING not talking. Few be they that exemplify this.

How do we teach functional leadership? A few ideas.

1. Explain the essence of what the leadership title is in context of SERVING, DOING and modelling the title.

2. Always stress the importance of function above title.

3. Ensure leaders serve. We have too many sitting back and not doing. Serving job descriptions need to be drafted and leaders required to serve each week within their sphere of leadership.

4. Regularly, meet with leadership to ensure the work is being done.

5. Explain the benefits of the Joy of Serving and doing for others.

Just a few. lets get to work.

Function as a leader and get beyond your title. Why?
Our titles do not impress God.

THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD?
Many eyes are focused on the midterms and since November of 2016, the Nation has been riveted and rocketed in much turmoil, politically speaking. The idea of not wanting a "politician" in the white house, has been very interesting in what people have set a "new normal."

What is also equally amazing is how white Christians have "lowered" the bar for what is accepted as righteousness in government as they seek to deify man and falsely believe that is the answer to America's challenges spiritually comes from a president and a supreme court conservative majority.

If President Obama had in any way, shape or form been associated with and seem to be in "collusion" with a despotic and dictatrorial foreign power in any of his elections, he would have been impeached in a heart beat. The moral compass of conservatives is sitting on a magnetic flux of what I call "personal bias situational ethics that works for me and my kind", which by the way,
destroys the accurate reading of the instruement!!

President Obama mentioned in the same breath of a p**n star....what???? Conservatives would have demanded his head on a platter!! Non disclosure of taxes, maintainance of personal business interest and family high level government appointees - "without any experience and training.....this would have NEVER been allowed and yet for trump and his families this has been the day to day new reel of the highest office in the Nation.

Will November usher in a new ERA within the United States of America? Who knows...except God.

Having stated the obvious with bias and partiality, it is my hope that a new breed of leader arise in all spheres of influence. We desperately need Leadership that defines these 4 characteristics that Dr. A.R. Bernard spoke of.

1. COURAGE - leadership that stands and takes a stand when all are stepping aside to be politically correct and "safe."
2. DECISIVINESS - too many leaders wallow in the safe shadows and furrows and convienence. Decisions are not made and hence low morale and wandering occur as people also begin to meander in life.
3. DISCIPLINED FOCUS - this is all too lacking in leaders and agreed, it is a challenge, but a worthy one at that!
4. FUTURE ROAD MAP - vision and its lack is evident as most seek to maintain status quo rather than chart a "new course" into the future. Many stand on safe shorelines and refuse to engage in discussion of the impending challenges that defines the 21st century.

Enough.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!

Speaking into the present and unfortunate hour we find ourselves as a Nation, these are plainly evident:

1. Division rules greater than Cohesion. (I will elaborate)
2. Fear rules greater than a sense of Optimism. (Faith is what we call this!)
3. Populism is viewed as a progressive way of thinking.
4. Lack of respect and moral decency wanes
5. GROSS PARTIALITY of what is acceptable and permitted for 'some' and "someone."

All right lets begin.

Conflicting views and opinions on any subject should never be an occasion to view someone else as an enemy. Differing opinions should allow us to be able to maintain decency and debate and through our discourse with one another find a better way forward, as NO-ONE has the corner on the ANSWER! Left or Right!
Cohesion needs to happen even if there is friction! Friction is caused through "I see this differently!" Our pride and conceit becomes the blocker to agreement.
When buffing a floor to get "the shine", it takes friction. Why?
Two opposing surfaces are meeting for one common cause - lets get the floor "looking great" they say to one another!
The "great" we hear of and see on caps and posters, are merely polarized thinking that does not look at others, respect others and has a passionate, myopic, slanted and skew perception of everything and everyone around it.

We have degenerated into an intellectual abyss that lacks the balance and decency required to help, assist and treat ALL with respect and humility.

Two worlds collide politically everyday - left and right!
Conservatives feel they have the edge through "conservative" appointees to the Supreme Court. Christians revel in their percieved victory as this is their mandate that secures the moral landscape be all but ensured. QUESTION?
Who has the mandate from scripture to secure this?
The secular domains of man?

Final thought.

When Jesus said you are SALT and LIGHT, who was He talking to?
Political Parties?
Supreme Court Justices?
Congress?
Senators?
A Congress Woman?
A Congressman?

Your answer to this must heighten your conscience to what biblically true to the hour, not what you feel is right and justifies your personal persective.



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