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Woah, we're halfway there

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear

Woah-oh, livin' on a prayer

 

What is living a life of faith… My guess is most people would assess that a life of faith is one that when problems arise in your life- be it financial, material, health, relationships etc… that a life of faith acts in that moment believing and trusting God… but what if that was the wrong idea of what faith was and how to use it. Let me break it down for you. 

 

Management is the ability to create an expected outcome – garth

Leadership- is the ability to create a picture and environment of the future outcome-Garth

what’s the difference? Management does not see the problem and doesn’t deal with the problem until it shows up… then management try to create an answer and an outcome… hoping that after the fact it creates a new understanding and environment. 

BUT… Leadership sees the problem and expects the problem before it gets there and has already started to create that environment so that when it does show up, you and those around you are ready to deal with it.

Yes we need faith in times of crisis… but we also need faith in everyday life. 

 

Hebrews 11:6 says it is impossible to please God without faith… why? Because it says we must be earnestly seeking him. this means always… always seeking to live a life of faith, always seeking to build an atmosphere of faith. Always expecting Gods kingdom to invade earth… the is the leadership mindset of creating an environment before crisis happens… There is no mediocrity in a faith walk… it does not get turned on and off..

 

Only a mediocre person is always at his or her best.

What do I mean… are you the type of person who didn’t need faith today because there was no pressing need… that is mediocre faith… and thats the best faith you can expect to have. 

 

 

THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE- PETER M. SENGE (pp.21-22)

Our fixation on events is actually part of our evolutionary programming. If you wanted to design a cave person for survival, ability to contemplate the cosmos would not be a high-ranking design criterion. What is important is the ability to see the saber-toothed tiger over your left shoulder and react quickly. The irony is that, today, the primary threats to our survival, both of our organizations and of our societies, come not from sudden events but from slow, gradual processes; the arms race, environmental decay, the erosion of a society's public education system, increasingly obsolete physical capital, and decline in design or product quality (at least relative to competitor's quality) are all slow, gradual processes.

 

Are you caught up in the same gradual process of your faith slowly decaying… at one point it had to be pretty impressive and strong… you chose to believe in Who’s Christ was, is and will be to come… but the slow decay of not needing a hyper strong faith filled environment is your undoing.

So how does one create that environment?

Well not to sound to simplistic… but in everyday life you ask yourself what would jesus do? You’ve heard that before right? yea… but asking and then praying and expecting is what creates the environment… but here is the catch… you ask in all situations, not just the emergency. You ask when getting gas, when buying donuts, when talking to your kids, your boss, your spouse, you ask when its time to pass the plate at church, when they ask for volunteers, you ask when you turn on your computer or your television set… YOU….. LIVE…. A ….. LIFE…. OF ….FAITH….

Do this enough and you create a life of faith.