I have been devouring leadership books for the last 30 years. The leadership industry is a billion dollar business. We are taught to become leaders in school and in business. This semester in my D.Min program I'm taking an Organizational Leadership class. The professor introduced us to the concept of followership. He even wrote a book called Followerfirst. It has been amazing how God has used both semesters of my D.Min to break me and mold me. Last semester I had to deal with relationship issues. This semester my leadership box just got shattered.
We've been studying the importance of followers and leaders. Obviously, you can't have a leader without followers. John Maxwell has influenced my thinking for many years. I am grateful for most of what I've learned. But today, it hit me as I was praying and studying in Matthew 10. God never told us to be leaders. He told us to follow Him! I'm not sure what the 2 Google Bots that read my blog think about hearing from God but I've heard God speak to me many times over the last 2 years specifically.
Today, I heard God say the following things in prayer. The Holy Spirit said to submit and be the best follower I can be. He said that followers follow, they don't lead. He said if you lead then I can't. We both can't lead at the same time! He told me to follow and let Him lead. The problem in the world is we have way too many leaders and not enough followers. He told me that I would lead but as a follower. Ouch!
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