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Presented by Lauren Stibgen
I want to challenge your thinking. Whether you have the title or not, you are a leader. If you have found salvation in Jesus Christ, your biblical identity bestows you with some big titles! We could spend a lot of time talking about identity, but let’s focus on ambassador.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us (2 Corinthians 5:20).
With such a title, ambassador, how do we lead for Christ? You are a leader; God is making an appeal through you!
Even with years of leadership under my belt and a more formal title along with it, there are times when I still find myself questioning my capabilities as a leader. If I think back to my career before I knew Jesus as my Savior and Lord, there were so many fears and failures, and I really didn’t have any place to take them. That has changed tremendously over the years, but recently even my own thinking was challenged to think about how Holy Spirit power can impact my leadership.
We can sometimes miss the way the Holy Spirit is called out in Scripture and the truly remarkable ways the Spirit of the Lord has such a profound role in the lives of those who lead. The Holy Spirit is often referenced as the Spirit, the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of the Lord.
In Genesis 1:2 we get our first description of the Spirit. …and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. We don’t often think of the presence of the Holy Spirit. In this verse we see the word hovering and the where—over the face of the waters. Imagine with me the expanse and spread of the Spirit over all the face of the waters of the world!
Acts 2:3 describes tongues of fire resting on each of the disciples. The visual of fire is used many times to describe the Spirit in Scripture.
Often, we hear of the filling of the Holy Spirit or of the Holy Spirit who comes upon us. One thing is clear, the Holy Spirit brings power—the mighty power of God for those who are in Christ Jesus.
My favorite verse about the Holy Spirit is Romans 8:11.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you (Romans 8:11).
Wow, that is power. I think we often forget. You and I, we have a power within us that is strong enough to overcome death!
Now that you have a picture of this power consider how your leadership can be transformed.