This session represents the first in a new series on Leadership and Strategic Influence. My intention is to challenge you to accept the challenge to LEAD your generation.

You see, I want you to know that the life you are currently living is NOT all you can have. The circumstances taking place in your personal world, and the world around you are the result of someone’s leadership … maybe not your own. Someone has determined that this is where you should be, and because we are all people pleasers in one way or another, we tend to GO ALONG to GET ALONG.

Well I am here today to say that is not going to cut it. It is my desire today to shake you up, and call you out.

In this NEW series, we’re going to look at LEADERSHIP, Influence, and Why the World Needs YOU!

Matthew 5:13-16

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The world in which we live is in desperate need of true leadership … transformational leadership.

• Governments are failing us.
• Religion has become void of relevance
• More and more people are looking elsewhere for answers.
• Moral climates are being transformed by small groups of people
• Business models
• Educational models
• Financial systems and ideas

A handful of people are determining the future of nations, while the masses just follow along, not realizing that they are simply falling into line; settling for the status quo.

“The status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in”. – Ronald Reagan

The methods, the ideas, the philosophies that have brought us to this place will not serve us in this next season. While there are spiritual laws and principles that never change, the season we are in today requires a certain kind of leadership to challenges the norms, and leads a generation to a more fruitful and productive place.

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved on the same level we were on when we created the problem”. – Albert Einstein

You’ve heard it before … “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you will keep getting the same results”.

As I like to say … “If NOTHING CHANGES, NOTHING CHANGES”.

If we continue to simply maintain what we’ve been told is normal, we will continue to be relegated to the measure of results that someone else has defined for our lives. If the blind lead the blind, we all fall in the ditch.

Right now we are faced with the choice of a lifetime.

• Continue to follow the masses, and be content to live in mediocrity and settle for something LESS than what God intended, OR,
• Answer the call, and be the leader that creates the change we desire.

How do we do this? How does one become a leader who challenges the status quo?

Every person has the capacity to become a leader that challenges the status quo and makes a significant difference in their world by following these 5 simple steps.

1. Decide – Decide that average and ordinary is no longer acceptable to you
2. Determine – Determine that YOU will BE the leader that challenges the status quo
3. Describe – The change you desire to see, in whatever area of influence you are called to
4. Design – A plan and a strategy that is teachable and can be implemented NOW
5. Do It – Lead by example, be out in front, because …

If you’re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes!

Closing:

• The whole earth is right now awaiting the revealing of the sons of God
• Will you answer the call?
• Will you BE that leader?
• Will you rise up, even in the face of criticism and persecution?
• Will you take the challenge, and begin today to BE THE CHANGE
• Will you be the one who refuses to settle for the status quo?

I believe you can! I believe you will!

I believe we must … become leaders who challenge the status quo!

NEXT WEEK:

Next week, I will be sharing how all Leadership begins with YOU!

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Until next time, remember … You were made in His image, designed for a purpose, and are destined for greatness. The world is waiting for the REAL YOU to show up.  God Bless!

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