…God, who quickeneth the dead,and calleth those things which be not as though they were. (Romans 4:16-18) Creative During his prime he was an All-American athlete. He won multiple letters as captain and nose guard of his varsity football team. He was a tremendous dunker on his basketball team, as well as a fascinating runner and high jumper on his track team. By the time he graduated from Madison High School in Florida he had accumulated 13 varsity letters despite the fact that Mr. Carl Joseph was born with only one leg! Great leaders possess great creativity. They know that starting off with less doesn’t have to stop them from ending up with more. Creativity is a communicable attribute of God. That is, it is a characteristic that our creator possesses which He expects for us to possess. Creativity is also the first characteristic that God revealed to Moses of which the patriarch recorded in Genesis: ”In the beginning God created…” (Genesis 1:1) As we all know, God didn’t curse the darkness, like many of us do. Instead, He turned on the light; as the old saying goes. Look, creativity is also a characteristic that employers look for as well. In a recent Business Week article, creativity was listed as the most important characteristic that top CEOs look for when hiring and/or maintaining their staff. Hey, even according to the parable of the talents, it is a characteristic that our Top CEO looks for as well. In the parable God is indirectly portrayed as rebuking a servant who buried his talent: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. (Matthew 23:27, 28) Listen, are you great at producing more although you may start off with a great deal less? Well, great! Maybe God is trying to make you into a great leader. Great leaders possess great creativity. They know that starting off with less doesn’t have to stop them from ending up with more. Today let’s remember, almost anyone can hold down what is; but great leaders look for other great leaders who can create what isn’t. Let’s not look at the lack of a resource as a lack of The Source. Let’s be willing to run on our last leg. Let’s win as many people to Christ as possible and bare as much fruit as we can. Like Carl Joseph, let’s use what God left us with to push ourselves and the team to a faster pace and to higher heights. Let’s call those things that be not as though they were. Today and always, let’s be creative! ________________________________________ Today’s Activities: 1. Let’s prayerfully analyze areas where there are major needs 2. Look at lack as an opportunity to create something that will continually be productive ________________________________________ Have Comments? You can reach Glenn Usry at gusry.fdd@gmail From: The Anatomy of a Great Leader, by Glenn J. Usry © 2010
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:16:09 +0000