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I always ask my classes …
“How do you know if you are a Leader?” …
“Look over your shoulder and see if someone is Following You!” …
Now …
Think about The Leaders who convinced you to Follow Them …
Whether They were in an Organization or within your circle of Family & Friends …
What Traits did They ALL Possess? …
What did They ALL do to get you to Believe In and Follow Them? …
They all had the ability to …
Galvanize, Persuade, & Convince
Galvanize …
The ability to Galvanize is defined as possessing the talent to Excite Someone into ‘Taking Action’ …
After Listening to Them …
Or …
Just Being Around Them …
You were CERTAIN …
That you were Ready To …
‘Spring Into Action!’ …
They Exuded an Undeniable Motivating Charisma …
Persuade …
The ability to Persuade is defined as possessing the talent to Prompt someone to ‘Spring Into Action’ …
They may have spoken in front of a Crowd …
They may have talked to you One on One …
However …
Following the Encounter …
You just wanted to ‘Go There!’ …
And you were ‘All In!’ …
Convince …
The ability to Convince is defined as possessing the talent to cause someone to firmly believe in the ‘Truth of the Matter’ …
This Conviction about the ‘Truth of the Matter’ …
Could have occurred after a One on One Encounter …
Or …
The Leader could have Interacted with you (all) on Multiple Occasions …
However …
As with the previous two Essential Leadership Traits …
‘You Just Knew!’ …
To Learn More About Leadership & The Personality Traits That They Possess, Read:
A Personality Portrait: Sixteen Biblical Leaders Who Identify Your Traits
“… Ask Yourself …
… What Is It About Your Past Alone …
… That Qualifies That Past …
… To Prepare You …
… For Your Present …
… Or For Your Future …”
… Your Past Alone …
… Has No Inherent Power To Prepare You For Anything …
… The Prologue to my book Enoch’s Journey: Seven Steps to ‘Was Not’ Says …
… What’s past may indeed become prologue.
Which can lead you to a good, or a bad place,
depending on where your past is located,
in the present … …
… A Prologue is the separate section at the beginning of a Book …
… However … Prologue Is Also Defined As … an event or action that leads to another event or situation …
…… But Your Past Has No Inherent Power … Per This Definition … To ‘DEFINITIVELY LEAD You Anywhere’ …
..… You Have The Power to Decide …
… Whether Or Not The Things That Happened in your Past …
… Are Useful relative to your Decision Making Process …
… In The Present …
… Or If It Could Relate To Your Future …
..… Just Remember …
… Y’all Broke Up For A REASON! … And It Was A Good Reason! …
… And You Left For A REASON! … And It Was A Good Reason! …
“… At Times …
… And Often Suddenly …
… God Will Close The Door Behind You …
… Because …
… It Was Time For You To Leave That Place …”
… One day …
… The Eternal One Called Out to Abram …
… Abram …
… Get up and go! …
… And travel to The Land I will show you …
… Don’t worry …
… I Will Guide you There …
… Genesis 12:1 (The Voice) …
“… There Is No ‘U’ …
… In The ‘Dream’ Or ‘Vision’ …
… That God Revealed To ‘YoU’ …”
… I Am Learning …
… That There Might Just Be …
… Too Much ‘YoU’ …
… Involved In Too Many Details …
… As ‘YoU’ …
… Proceed Along The Journey …
… With God …
… Toward The Promised Land & ‘Was Not’ …
… And Toward The Manifestation …
… Of The Dream, Vision, or Promise …
… That God Revealed To ‘YoU’ …
… The Problem Is …
… There Is No ‘U’ …
… In The Correct Spelling Of …
… “God Dreams” …
Continue to Advance on ALL Fronts.
Continue to explore and exploit every opportunity that God makes available to you.
However, always keep in mind that there is only one of those fronts, paths, and opportunities that leads to the True Purpose that God has laid out for your life.
So always Seek His Perfect Will, while you are Pressing and Pursuing that Promised Land.
I keep pursuing the goal in order to win the prize offered by God’s upward calling in (Christ Jesus).
Philippians 3:14 (CJB)
“… There Is No Such Thing As …
… ‘Playing It Safe’ …
… When We ‘Walk By Faith’ …”
Gleefully Stepping Into The Unknown
… Now Faith Is …
… Gleefully Stepping Into The Unknown …
… Without Regard For …
… Your Personal Safety or Security …
… Because God Said …
From:
Enoch’s Journey: Seven Steps To ‘Was Not’
Chapter 5: Step Three: The Dream
“… If You Know …
… You Are On The Right Path …
… But You Cannot See The End …
… Keep Moving Forward …”
… As Israel Houghton Once Sang …
… I’m Not Going Back …
… I’m Moving Ahead …
… The Past Is Over …
… I’m Moving …
… Moving Forward …
… I Keep Running Hard Toward the Finish Line …
… To Get The Prize That Is Mine …
… Philippians 3:14 (ERV) …
“… Sometimes …
… It Is Not That We Cannot See …
… What God Is Doing …
… Rather …
… We Have Difficulty …
… Believing What We See …”
… If People Cannot See What God Is Doing …
… They Stumble All Over Themselves …
… But When They Attend …
… To What He Reveals …
… They Are Most Blessed …
… Proverbs 29:18 (The Message) …
“… Why Did WE Break Up …
… And Never Speak Again? …
… Because …
… You Would Not Accept Me…
… ‘As I Am’ …”
… The Title of This Earlism …
… Is Borrowed From A Lyric in a Mary J Song …
… I Wrote in Enoch’s Journey: Seven Steps to ‘Was Not’ …
… That When Relationships End … Generally in Argument & Acrimony … Where People Stop Speaking for a Short Time … Or Forever! …
… Whether They Are …
… Marriage Relationships … Dating Relationships … Familial Relationships … Or Friendships …
… There is One Small Commonality …
… One Or Both People CHOSE …
…To Never Fully or Even Partially …
… Submit Their Imperfect Human Will …
… (Human Will = Feelings, Fears, & Fleshly Desires) …
… Rather Saying …
… As MJB Said in Song …
… ‘Take Me As I Am … OR Have Nothing At All’ …
… And That Eventually ENDS The Relationship …
… Why Not Just …
… Submit Your Imperfect Human Will …
… To God’s Perfect Will? …
… God Is Saying Something …
… To Both of You …
… The Choice to Listen & Submit …
… Is Ours …
“… If You Steal SomeThing …
… Or SomeOne …
… You Can NEVER …
… EVER Expect ‘It’ …
… To Truly Be ‘Yours’ …”
… Stealing Means … To TAKE SomeThing or SomeOne That Does Not Belong To You …
… See Earlism #19 Stealing …