Great leaders are environment ‘influencers’! They do not conform to their surroundings in which they find themselves.
In the Gospel of Mark 5:1–7 we see Jesus demonstrating that role. (NASB95) 1 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. 2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, 3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. 6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; 7 and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” Mark 5:15 (NASB95) 15 They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.
The moment Jesus stepped upon the land a ripple went through the region and the spirits knew He arrived. The catalyst caused freedom to come to a man filled with torment.
Great leaders keep the attitude of discovery before them as they lead. Continue reading “Influence the atmosphere around you”
