Lifting

Did you know that every time the moon's gravity causes a ten-foot tide at sea, all the continents on earth rise at least six inches. Wow! For me this adds a new level of understanding to the words “A rising tide lifts all boats.”

Today, I would like to for us to think about this principle in our leadership path: Who are we lifting. Too often in our Western idea of leadership; it is about what people can do for us, rather than what we can do for people. Simply put, if we are not lifting, we are not leading. Anthony D’Angelo puts it this way, “Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs.” John D. Rockefeller states it this way, “Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”

I have always been blessed by the experience of King David—particularly his experience in the cave of Adullam. In I. Samuel 22: 1-3 we are told that four hundred men came to him. However, they were “distress, in debt, and discontented. But later many of these men become David’s “mighty men of valor.”

David lifted them! Average people—with all of their issues, under his leadership did the work of superior people. We do well to notice, David did this while he was running for his own life! He did this while dealing with his own issues! Wow! That’s good leadership.

So, today let’s commitment to lifting and who know, the person that you life today; may the very person that has to lift you tomorrow! Anthony Payton, Pastor/Teacher


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