With the Resurrection of Jesus as the cornerstone of trust, one of the students commented, “Jesus is a pretty smart dude.” I went home that night with that phrase entangled in my heart and mind. “Jesus is a pretty smart dude.”
Culture is the summation of the world around us, its values, beliefs, and actions. Combine these three ingredients, and you have culture. Politics, religion, education, family, ethnicity, country, and geography all add to the creation of culture.
To leverage obstacles as opportunities, let’s remember that God specializes in doing the miraculous with the ordinary. In Jeremiah 32:27, God asks, “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”
Two weeks ago, Leonard shared the laws of leverage on our blog that help us discover power beyond our strength. Last week, he wrote about leveraging what you have. Today, we’re talking about leveraging what you know.
The first thing on our list of what leaders leverage is what we possess. When I say this, often people look at me like I shouted something important in a different language, and they cannot figure out what I mean. Let me help; when I say what do you possess, I actually mean - “What you have.”
Leverage is a power beyond our strength, and it is also an indispensable tool for leaders. For the next few weeks, here at "Say Yes and Become," we will turn our attention to Five Areas Leaders Must Learn to apply the Laws of Leverage.
