Lead Strong: Leadership Lessons From The Bible - Part 1Muestra

Leaders Are Kingdom-Minded This story in Genesis is one I have heard taught on so many times. However, right now it is speaking to me in so many new ways. I love the example Joseph is to us to stay kingdom-minded. After all, Joseph had been thrown into a hole and sold as a slave by his own brothers. These same brothers of his who showed up in the midst of a famine and needed something from little brother. You know what a lot of us would have done in that situation? Yell for someone to dig a hole, throw our brothers in and then ask them how it feels. Our human nature often wants the other party to feel the same pain, experience a similar hurt in order to feel what we think will be relief to us. But we all know that an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth leaves us starving and empty. A relationship in my personal life has unraveled. It’s been hard, worse than hard. Some days the loneliness aches deep in my soul. Some days being alone is comforting because if I am alone, I can’t disappoint anyone. Lately, I’ve felt the Holy Spirit tug at my heart. Remind me, regardless of my pain, God loves that other person as much as He loves me. He wants to bless them as much as He wants to bless me. He wants to bestow His goodness and mercy on them the same way He wants to shower it on me. Joseph lived a kingdom-minded life. Even though his brothers caused him great pain because they caused separation from his father and forced him to enter an unknown world, his desire was still to allow them to see that they were serving the same God. The God who “sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.” Joseph isn’t saying God sent me ahead for ME… he is reminding them “God sent me ahead for US.” What is happening in your life that needs a kingdom-mindset? By Brandi Wilson