Initiative

Edmund Burke once said, “All that is necessary for evil to truimph is for good men to do nothing.” I believe that this is one of those few quotes that describe what a great leader achieves. History is shaped and sculped by those who have taken initiative. One can hardly fathom what would have happened if David had not rushed to his sling or if Luther had not nailed his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenburg Chapel. What if Columbus never boarded a ship and what if Wilberforce had just minded his own business? History is chock full of men and women who have taken initiative.
The kingdom of God is that way too. There are many men and women who have not answered the call God had placed before them. Abraham sojourned, Gideon gathered an army, Esther entered the King’d thronroom, and Jesus called disciples. One of the things that God values greatly is courage, the willing to step out in faith and take risks. This was the principle thing God commaned Joshua before entering the Promised land. On the flipside the very first group of people God subjects to the Lake of Fire is the cowardly.
Jesus was on to something when he referred to the masses as sheep. People for the most part are sheep, not knowing their right hand form their left and desperatelty seeking for a leader. This is why the masses clambored to make Jesus a king. In this day and age God is looking for shepherds. He promised in the last days that He would raise up shepherds after his own heart and is looking for those who will tend his sheep. Leadership is found when one amongst the sheep steps out and calls the others to greatness.

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