Follow The Leader

Yesterday, Oregano and I were outside at a friends house feeding the ducks.  They were very friendly ducks and would nearly come right up to you, but you had to call them over, with a really bad quacking impersonation.  Well, to my surprise, they would ONLY come to Oregano's "quacking".  I tried repeatedly to get them to come over, but resigned to using Oregano to get them over to me instead.  

This brought a thought to my mind.  We are not meant to follow whoever comes to our door step and not everyone is meant to follow us when we are leaders.  It's not personal.  God knows what each and everyone of us need and we are to be sensitive to his leading. 

John said in John 3: 27 "No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven." No one should follow anyone either unless it has been ordained by God.  Your leader, your mentor may be a very unlikely source.  Leaders and mentors are meant to stretch us, guide us, challenge us.  Don't shy away from that.  "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 (I LOVE this scripture)  God USES people to sharpen us and in this day and age we NEED to be sharpened.

My mentor right now is someone I didn't even know 6 months ago and let me tell you she is literally a God send.  We were searching for a home church and I fought tooth and nail NOT to go to this church.  It was too far, I didn't know anyone, I had never heard of it, it was too far, it was too small, it was too far.  Get the point!  God knew what I needed and sent this precious woman of God my way.  Be willing to step outside of your box to reach for what God has for you.  It going to be goooooood stuff, I promise.

On the same note, I have had very unlikely people come into my life that God has asked me to guide in one way or another.  Some I had to even stop, scratch my head and say, "Are you sure God?".  Yep, he's sure.  Don't just toss people aside because it doesn't seem like a perfect fit or you can't relate or it's too much trouble.  God's grace is sufficient and He will give you what you need to guide this person.  A little side note, sometimes it's a long process and sometimes God is just asking for you to provide a little pick me up for that person.  

Be willing, be open.  Don't follow whatever person is quacking at you and don't expect every person to follow you just because you are quacking.  

CH