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FOLLOW THE LEADER

woman in need energized the Lord Jesus! It was doing His Father’s work
that was the spiritual food that fed and nourished Him.

We can see through this account that Jesus had a passion to complete
the job that He had come to earth to do. Whatever the cost, He had “...
to fi nish His work.” And finish He did! That’s why He would not be
detoured from Jerusalem - and His rendezvous with the cross! As a result
of that unswerving commitment, He could pray the night before His
death: “I have brought You glory on earth by completing the work You
gave Me to do.” (Jn. 17:4). That’s the passion of every spiritual leader!
That’s what feeds, nourishes, replenishes and energizes him – from the
inside out!

Fred Smith testified to the same truth in his own life as a leader:

Accomplishment gives me such a joy that it actually restores my

energy. Activity for its own sake, on the other hand, is draining.^8

The question is this: “Am I working for God, or is God working through me?
Am I working from the outside in, or from the inside out? Am I operating in the
limited energies of the flesh – or through the inexhaustible power of the Holy
Spirit?

Every authentic Biblical leader knows that the greatest aid in his life is
the Person, presence, purpose, and power of God’s Spirit. He alone is the
source of that...

“...incomparably great power for us who believe. That

power is like the working of His mighty strength, which He

exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and

seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms...

far above all rule and authority, power and dominion...

And God placed all things under His feet and appointed

Him to be Head over everything for the Church, which

is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in

every way” (Eph. 1:19-23).

Christians have an incredible leadership edge over people of the world!
They have resident within them the very same power that God used to
“...raise Jesus from the dead” and exalt Him in heaven “...at His right
hand...far above all rule, and authority, power and dominion.”