Bob and Peggy KuestBob and Peggy Kuest from Washington, USA did a series with the Ebenezer team on Leadership and Relationships in Leadership. Bob and Peggy have a heart to go to different countries and share Biblical principles on Leadership.
Bob started by sharing a key scripture: Isaiah 55:8 – 9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
God wants to be glorified in the way we interact & react to one another. God wants His name proclaimed. When people look at us, they need to see a picture of Christ-likeness. Our thinking, actions, working together and so on are to hold up the name of Jesus. Our life and relationships are to be a reflection of God. We need to return to God.
God’s higher way of thinking and actingOur thinking on leadership needs to be different from the world and even to some church cultures.
Let the word of God impact culture rather than culture impacting the word of God.
Our commitment needs to be to the word of God. When we lead with a Higher way of thinking, it’s not normal. Be willing to be different!
Begin where God begins in His word. Be leaders in Church and leaders in family. Think of the Garden of Eden….. what was it like before the fall of man? It was perfect! The principle in the garden is God is the leader. God created us for relationship. It’s not about who is above us.
God does not use position to control but rather to meet needs and for relationship.
The first measuring point is Jesus. God has set a standard but we deviate from God’s word. We need to lead according to God’s standard and challenge leaders to do things to God’s Higher way. God doesn’t change. In James it says he is the same yesterday, today and forever therefore, God’s standard doesn’t change.
Strategy of the enemyThe enemy has one goal in mind – to separate God’s people from each other and God. He brings in situations that cause us to think that some people are better than others because of education, skill, titles, background environment and so on. The temptations and attacks are to get us separated. God’s goal from the garden of Eden is to bring people together, reconciliation or to have a relationship. The enemy played on Eve’s mind causing her to doubt God, thinking His word cannot be trusted or she has been lied to and so on. Eve “exchanges a relationship with God for an attempt at power.” It is still operating today and to maintain it, we hold on to power. It’s a downward spiral, moving away from God’s higher power.
Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 14:12 and Proverbs 12:15 are some examples of an attack on what “seems” right. We sometimes call it “common sense” or that which is acceptable. We need to ask God what HE thinks, ask him for his higher way of thinking and pray about things. All too often, we are saying and looking at what seems right.
WHY? What happened? We are striving for power titles and position.
God’s higher way of thinking and actingOur thinking on leadership needs to be different from the world and even to some church cultures.
Let the word of God impact culture rather than culture impacting the word of God.
Our commitment needs to be to the word of God. When we lead with a Higher way of thinking, it’s not normal. Be willing to be different!
Begin where God begins in His word. Be leaders in Church and leaders in family. Think of the Garden of Eden….. what was it like before the fall of man? It was perfect! The principle in the garden is God is the leader. God created us for relationship. It’s not about who is above us.
God does not use position to control but rather to meet needs and for relationship.
The first measuring point is Jesus. God has set a standard but we deviate from God’s word. We need to lead according to God’s standard and challenge leaders to do things to God’s Higher way. God doesn’t change. In James it says he is the same yesterday, today and forever therefore, God’s standard doesn’t change.
Strategy of the enemyThe enemy has one goal in mind – to separate God’s people from each other and God. He brings in situations that cause us to think that some people are better than others because of education, skill, titles, background environment and so on. The temptations and attacks are to get us separated. God’s goal from the garden of Eden is to bring people together, reconciliation or to have a relationship. The enemy played on Eve’s mind causing her to doubt God, thinking His word cannot be trusted or she has been lied to and so on. Eve “exchanges a relationship with God for an attempt at power.” It is still operating today and to maintain it, we hold on to power. It’s a downward spiral, moving away from God’s higher power.
Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 14:12 and Proverbs 12:15 are some examples of an attack on what “seems” right. We sometimes call it “common sense” or that which is acceptable. We need to ask God what HE thinks, ask him for his higher way of thinking and pray about things. All too often, we are saying and looking at what seems right.
WHY? What happened? We are striving for power titles and position.
Compiled by Molly ManhangaIn pt 2, we’ll take a look at HISTORY and how it has affected our thinking.
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