"Greatness and Mediocrity"

"The difference between "Greatness and Mediocrity" is often how an individual views a mistake."
Nelson Boswell
Mistakes, I thought we were supposed to hide them, and not bring them into the light. That seems like what the church has been preaching for many years, until of late, that is.
Kathy and I just happen to go to a church that has a senior pastor that puts his pants on one leg at a time like we all do. He doesn’t try to hide the fact that he is not perfect. He’s very transparent with us, and that makes Him (the Lord) real, for us.
In our travels we have seen this same kind of men and women in the pulpits across America. It’s really refreshing and a real move of the Lord, in our opinion.
They like us, view our mistakes as a school, and the Lord is the headmaster. He will change us into a vessel useful for His work, if we will allow Him to make the adjustments in our lives.
I’ve heard it called the “Wilderness School of the Bible”. We’ve all been there, but our mistakes don’t have to mean our defeat. In fact the Lord has other ideas for them and it will save others some of the trials they could get into, by sharing with them in a transparent way our defeats and victories. He wants us to do that so that they can have the same kind of victories.

God is calling us to greatness in Him, not mediocrity. If we will grab hold of that truth, God will move you into places you would have never of dreamed of before. As a leader in the body of Christ, this is what He is asking of you. Will you allow Me to use the mistakes, to help others get through theirs, or maybe not make them at all because they learned how not to, by watching and hearing your testimony?
Jack Welsh the former CEO of General Electric, only hires leaders that have had at least 3 failures in their lives. Some of them have gone on, to lead some of the largest companies in the world. I like that. God sees mistakes as stepping stones to greatness. So step out there and make a difference.
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