I recently watched Patrick Stewart's version of Scrooge, and came away with some thoughts on leadership. In the story, we remember that Scrooge is visited by spirits from Christmas past, present and future. When I applied leadership to the concept of time, some interesting ideas came out. First, leaders tend to live in the future and cannot be content for long living in the present, or dwelling in the past. Next, followers tend to live in the present and are content to do so. They are not too concerned about the future unless the future invades their present. Finally, complainers tend to despise the future, condemn the present and live in the past. Now, if you are a leader, the pitfall of living only in the future is that you never enjoy what God doing now. You cannot be a leader without looking ahead, but be sure to enjoy God today. Followers who never look to the future are vulnerable to all kinds of attacks from the enemy. You may not be a natural born leader, but everyone can learn leadership skills. Complainers never enjoy what God is doing now, because what He is doing now is never as good as what he did back in the day. They make excuses for why they are not reaching people for Jesus and lament that things are not the way they used to be in the church. They say "bah humbug" when it comes to the future because the future is not a safe place for the complainer. Which one are you - leader, follower or complainer? Take a lesson from Ebenezer - anyone can change.CAP
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