The Power of Your Leadership: Making A Difference With Others by John C. Maxwell

Author:John C. Maxwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Business & Economics / Leadership, Business & Economics / Management, Business & Economics / Motivational, Business & Economics / Personal Success, Business & Economics / Skills
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

4. The Faith Factor

My dream allows me to sense the invisible so I can do the impossible. Trust God’s resources…

Again, I frame this in the context of my faith, but the issue here is really about fear. Almost everything you and I want is on the other side of fear. How do we handle that? How do we get beyond our fears?

For me it’s a faith issue. I try to leave everything in God’s hands, and I usually see God’s hand in everything. I don’t believe God gives me a dream to frustrate me. He gives me a dream to be fulfilled.

Do you want to know something amazing? Fear is the most prevalent reason why most people stop. Faith is what makes people start. Fear is the key that locks the door to the resources. Faith is the key that opens that door.

If you are motivated by a dream of significance that is right for you, it should increase your faith. You should believe your dream can be accomplished, and that you are leading others in the right direction. Faith should help you see the invisible and do the impossible. It should help release the resources you need. Even if you have a different kind of dream from mine, I believe you can trust God’s resources.

The faith factor encourages me to start walking and to believe the resources will come to me as I walk. I know they will not come if I sit still. If I stop, the resources stop. Resources come to us when we are on our missions, when we are fulfilling our callings.

The lesson I teach most often on faith is this: feed your faith and starve your fear. To do that you must give your faith more energy than your fear. You can’t reduce fear by thinking about it. You reduce it by taking action away from it. How? By moving toward faith.

Faith does not make things easy, but it makes things possible because it puts everything, including fear, into the right perspective. So if you want to become a stronger leader—to learn, to grow, to achieve your dreams of significance, and to make a difference—have faith.

Question: Is my faith greater than my fear?

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