Shawn Lovejoy of Mountain Lake and churchplanting.com
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From Day ONE he said, “I have a new level of doubt!”
Planters Doubt:
- Vision
- Call
- Their Ability
- Their Faith
- Their Talent
- We doubt ourselves
- The list is almost endless.
We begin to compare ourselves to other leaders
When and what worked for them we believe will work for us, so we start to rip off their stuff, their style, their image, their voice for their context.
When we compare, we are caused to either condemn those we try to measure our self against or ourselves.
Study all the spiritual leader was tempted to self doubt. Even Jesus was tempted to doubt the call on his life. When Jesus was tempted or heard others come against him and try to get him to do or be someone or something he wasn’t he said, “Get behind me…”.
1 Samuel 17:38-40
David had a choice to fight like Saul would have fought the battle or go and find his own method.
A lot of leaders are fighting and leading while wearing other people’s methods.
What will set churches apart in the future will be that some are led by leaders trying to imitate and some will be led by leaders who are yielded to the Spirit of God and are themselves being led by God.
David was tempted to: We are tempted to:
Act like a military man rather than Use someone else’s personality
A shepherd
Trust in Saul’s experience Use someone else’s testimony rather than trust how God has used and moved in us in the past.
Fight the giant in his power Miss how God wants us to trust him in our culture
and context
Wear Saul’s armor and uses his Use someone else’s tools and use someone
Sword. else’s ingenuity
What would have happened if David walked out into battle in Saul’s armor?
Maybe God wants us to be secure in our own skin, take off all the artificial stuff pick up
some stones
Seven Questions:
- Who am I – Really?
- What’s my testimony? What has God been up to in my life up till now?
- What are my strengths? Gifts?
- What is unique about me, my context, my passions, my calling?
- How does all this make me and my church unique?
- Am I more of a Soldier or a Shepard?
- How does all this affirm or go against the way I am doing ministry?
