Summary: Jesus said, “Those who are faithful in a little thing will be faithful in much.” I want to give you a set of leadership lenses that would allow you to look across the sea of people at your church and have a special few pop off the page. Start looking for those who are currently showing faithfulness.
Have you ever seen the popular movie “National Treasure”? There are hidden clues that Nicolas Cage is trying to piece together to unlock the location of hidden treasure. Cage actually steals the Declaration of Independence because there is a hidden message on the back of this historical document.
As with all hidden messages, there has to be a decoder. This was a unique and odd looking pair of Benjamin-Franklin-type glasses. The spectacles had several sets of additional lenses that could be swiveled in front of the primary lenses. These additional lenses had a blue tint and another had a red tint. As Cage looked through an additional lens and viewed the back side of the Declaration of Independence, things popped off the page.
So, how do we find people? And not just people, the right people. I want to give you a new set of lenses. I want to give you a set of leadership lenses that would allow you to look across the sea of people at your church and have a special few pop off the page, so to speak. Just as Nicolas Cage has a set of lenses, allowing him to see what normal eyes could not perceive, I want to give you a set of lenses to see what no one else sees.
What might be some of the qualifiers or indicators that cause them to jump out of the woodwork and get noticed by you? Well, it actually starts with the scriptures. Jesus said, “Those who are faithful in a little thing will be faithful in much.” I want you to start looking for those who are currently showing faithfulness. Who shows up early? Who has an acumen for ministry? Who has a proclivity for people and a propensity for details? Start looking today.