1. GOD’S PLAN AND YOU
A. God is moving swiftly and
B. You are the
“… you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this” —Esther 4:14
“… if I perish, I perish!” (“…if I die, I die!”)* —Esther 4:16
C. You are His
2. AS LEADERS WE SHOULD BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS
A. Asking the
“… of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…” —1 Chronicles 12:32
“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?…” —Isaiah 43:18-19
B. God - “SHALL YOU
C. Leadership and God’s calling is not about
It is about God’s
“…You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times” —Matthew 16:3
QUESTIONS LEADERS SHOULD BE ASKING
1. What is God
2. Where are we at as the
3. How should we respond as God’s
“… Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” —Luke 2:49
“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” —John 9:4
“… When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple…” —John 2:13-17
“‘… To do Your will, O God.’” —Hebrews 10:7
a. To do the
“‘… Do business till I come.’” —Luke 19:11-27
b. We, as His
4. HOW SHOULD WE BE GETTING ABOUT OUR
“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor” —John 12:26
a. The first job of leadership is to make sure we are
3. A CRITICAL PRINCIPLE FOR EVERY FRUITFUL LEADER TO UNDERSTAND
WE DO NOT WORK
GOD, WE WORK
GOD; AND THE WORK WE DO WE ARE TO DO IT
“… Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error…” —2 Samuel 6:1-23
“He (David) said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order” —1 Chronicles 15:12-13
A. God’s
B. Instructions for doing God’s work God’s way can be found:
1) In His
2) And by coming to the
C. God has a plan for your