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The
company had hired a new CEO to shake things up, and he immediately
calls a major staff meeting. As the meeting was getting ready
to start, the CEO notices a young man leaning against the
wall, clearly caught up in his own daydreams. The CEO marched
over to him and barked, "How much money do you make in
a week?"
Shocked,
the young man nervously answered, "About $300 a week."
The
CEO pulls out his own wallet, rips out twelve $100 bills,
hands them to the young man and says, "Here's four weeks
pay. Now get out of here and don't come back!"
Knowing
he now has everyone's attention, the CEO turns and asks the
group, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off
did around here?"
With
a sheepish grin, a secretary mutters, "He's the pizza
delivery guy from Domino's."
That
story may include some lessons about patience and getting
your facts before you act, but what I notice is the reality
that the pizza guy acted as if he didn't care precisely because
he wasn't part of the organization. He wasn't committed because
he wasn't a part.
In
2 Timothy 1:12, Paul writes, "For the which cause I also
suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I
know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I have committed unto him against that
day." Paul could attempt great things and endure many
challenges because he knew "whom I have believed."
He knew where his allegiance belonged, and to whom his life
belonged.
We
won't be effective leaders in any venture unless we know where
our loyalties lie. And we won't be effective Christian leaders
unless our primary focus is on the One in whom we have believed.
Only when we know Who we follow will we be ready to truly
lead others.
(Thanks
to Bob Kopp for the pizza story!)
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Michael
Duduit is President/CEO of American Ministry Resources LLC,
and editor of Leader Links.
You can contact him at michael@leaderlinks.com or visit his
website at www.michaelduduit.com
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