James, a Servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, posed this very question to some Christians over in James 4:1! He then answered his question to these believers in a question form by saying to them... "Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? Another word that's used for evil desires is "LUST"! Lust is simply "having, but wanting More and then more on top of more". More possessions, more power, more wealth, more status, more acknowledgement, more notoriety and so forth and so on, and when more is not obtained, a person will fight another to get it.
More specifically, fights, wars, disharmony and Conflict occurs when one person differences clash with another, when different beliefs, difference desires, different impulses and different wants don't come in agreement with ours, conflict and confrontation is inevitable, because of a person's overly eager (and out of Control) desire (lust) for power and the need to be right about everything and the need to make others conform to their way of thinking and thought process.
No one person knows everything, everybody can learn from somebody it's a matter of walking in humility and facing the truth about your own inadequacies. The bottom line is this, and it must be faced, CONFLICT is always the result of our Human Imperfections!
So...."What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?" and here's the Solution according to James 4:7 (NKJV) "Therefore submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you"
-- Be Strong!
Pastor V.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
TRANSPARENCY
I've discovered that in Leadership, whether in the corporate world or in the Church, there are very few who are transparent. I believe one of the reasons why Leaders lack transparency is because they want those around them to believe they don't have any flaws or failures. They feel that if they expose their own weaknesses then people won't depend on them as much as they would like.
This is called False advertisement and unrealistic expectations. The problem that I have with that is that when and if a leader does fall in any one particular area, those around them and under their leadership fall victim to deep (almost depressive) disappointment, because the Leader has unrealisticly portrayed an almost flawless and faultless demeanor as it pertains to their leadership and them as a person.
Leaders don't be afraid to be transparent, let your people know that you're not perfect and you're growing, maturing and learning just as they are. People want a leader who don't mind saying "I don't have it all together" let them know in what areas you fall short sometimes. Let them know that you do get frustrated, angry, mad, disappointed, weak and so forth and so on! Every leader becomes broken, every leader cries, every leader has marital or relationship problems, every leader falls short in some area of their life.
In fact, every leader has weaknesses! Even Superman was susceptible to kryptonite.So don't be so caught up in how strong you are that you're too high to come down to where people are in their own struggles and share yours.
-- BE STRONG!
Pastor V.
This is called False advertisement and unrealistic expectations. The problem that I have with that is that when and if a leader does fall in any one particular area, those around them and under their leadership fall victim to deep (almost depressive) disappointment, because the Leader has unrealisticly portrayed an almost flawless and faultless demeanor as it pertains to their leadership and them as a person.
Leaders don't be afraid to be transparent, let your people know that you're not perfect and you're growing, maturing and learning just as they are. People want a leader who don't mind saying "I don't have it all together" let them know in what areas you fall short sometimes. Let them know that you do get frustrated, angry, mad, disappointed, weak and so forth and so on! Every leader becomes broken, every leader cries, every leader has marital or relationship problems, every leader falls short in some area of their life.
In fact, every leader has weaknesses! Even Superman was susceptible to kryptonite.So don't be so caught up in how strong you are that you're too high to come down to where people are in their own struggles and share yours.
-- BE STRONG!
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