Leadership requires courage- the courage to risk, to reach, and to put yourself on the line to seize the opportunity. The word courage comes from a French word that means ” heart”. Taking advantage of an opportunity at the right time requires heart.
Esther tells the story of an ordinary woman who fulfills an extraordinary leadership challenge in an unlikely context. She was a Jew in a foreign land and a woman in a male-dominated world-a minority within a minority. But God raised her up at exactly the right time.
God always takes the initiative in executing His plan. Then He looks for a person who will submit to Him, makes that individual aware of a need, and the need quickly becomes the personal burden of the person God has chosen. Ultimately, the individual embraces God’s plan and feels morally compelled to act on it. The vision becomes his or her possession. Finally, the person calls others to join the cause and fulfill the mission for His glory.
Who knows that God put us in such a position, for just such a time as this?
Will you be available for fulfilling His divine plan in this generation ?
