At the very beginning of the human story, when God blessed the first member of the human race, he gave him responsibility. See all that I've created. Work it. And keep it. God means for responsibility to be an integral component of the blessed life.
If you are pursuing a dream, then you are simultaneously pursuing greater responsibility.
- If you have a dream to get married, then you're thinking about becoming responsible for another person.
- If you have a dream to get pregnant, then you're thinking about becoming responsible for another person who also happens to be helpless.
- If you have a dream to start a business, then you're probably looking at being responsible for employees.
- If your dream is to plant a church and you're worried about how it may affect your family, just wait until the church grows and it's filled with families.
- And if you have a dream to tutor kids after school, then you may become responsible for another person's dreams as well.
Responsibility is a funny thing. Some people think it is the downside to dreaming. But God's original blessing on humanity helps us reframe responsibility. It's actually a necessary thing.
Assuming of course that you want to live an influential life.
something I read recently by John Stott:
"The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve."
Posted by: Chilly Chilton | August 02, 2008 at 12:15 PM
GREAT post my friend!
Posted by: Jesse Watson | August 02, 2008 at 02:35 PM