Equipped 2023 - For Leaders: ”How Do You Know When You’re Ready to Lead?” by Scott Harp

April 21, 2023 - Equipped Workshop Day 2

1:30PM MPR 4 Speaker 

 

Scott Harp discusses the responsibility of leadership and how it is taught from our surroundings.

 

Slides:

• "How Do You Know When You're Ready To Lead?"
• Men have been thrust into leadership
  •  Moses (Exodus 1-3)
• AMOS
  • "I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and dresser of sycamore figs. But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go prophecy to my people Israel.'" (Amos 7:14)
• What is a leader?
  • "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them." - (Isaiah 11:6)
  • "Old things have passed away; men and women have become new creatures in Christ (cf. II Corinthians 5:17). The old man has been crucified in Christ, and the new man is led by a childlike spirit, a simple alertness to hear and learn, and a readiness to obey (Matthew 18:3)." -- Homer Hailey, Isaiah, page 123.
• Desire
  • "The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task." - (1 Timothy 3:1)
  • "This saying is true, if one earnestly seeks the office of a bishop, he desires an excellent work." - (1 Timothy 3:1) - Alexanders Campbell's Living Oracles
• How do we get past this point?
• King Edward VI Statue
  • "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozhath. And He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walled in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or the left." - (2 Kings 22:1-2)
• Discovery: all great leaders start somewhere!
  • Josiah (648-609bce) - 2 Kings 22
  • Constancy - verse 1
  • Choice - verse 2
  • Command - verse 4
  • Conviction - verse 11-13

Duration 35:01