“…for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.”  Philippians 4:11

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.”  Psalm 119:71

“Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths….teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day.”  Psalm 25:4-5

I am writing to leaders.  I don’t know about you but I never sought or chose to be a leader.  It was not on my “bucket list” of things to do as a child, as a youth, or even when I began ministry.  I would say that I was chosen by default.  In checking the word “default” in my handy dictionary, one of the meanings listed states: “a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user.”  It might sound facetious, but from my perspective, I was absent in the “choice decision” made by God in calling me to be a leader (Ephesians 3:7).  I think Moses was also.  He definitely came sputtering and dragging his feet into the position that God had for him in leading Israel.

FOMenter –January 2008

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