Christian Media 2.0

My journey into social media has been largely influenced by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. So, his tweet about taking a 48-hour fast from Twitter caught my attention. I immediately followed the link to his post here to see what was up.

It was an experiment to explore the effects of Twitter on different areas of his life. It was a relief to learn that I shouldn’t experience withdrawal pains if I decide to turn the network off for awhile.

While Michael’s discussion of “The Twitter Effect” was helpful, there was something more to be learned. I hadn’t visited his blog looking for this particular insight. I didn’t expect it. But there it was.

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During Auxano’s co::Lab, vision coach Will Mancini has been showing us how to develop a “Vision Pathway that leads to a lifestyle of visionary leadership.” By definition, a lifestyle affects relationships, actions and how things get done. That makes the source of vision, from which the lifestyle gets its meaning, very important.

Here are three truths about the source of vision that empowers leaders for visionary leadership:

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Have you ever noticed how often David refers to his enemies in the book of Psalms? A lot. In fact the words “enemy” and ”enemies” are used over 90 times in the book. There are numerous other references to foes, conspirators, and the hands of wicked men.

Dealing with adversaries is a dominant theme in the Psalms.

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The Israelites were in trouble once again.  Once again they had drifted from God; once again God allowed a foreign power to oppress them; and once again they had cried out to the Lord for help.

“So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.  The commander of his army was Sisera, who…had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help” (Judges 4:2-3).

God heard Israel’s prayer and raised up two strong, spiritual women who acted wisely and courageously to lead the nation to victory and freedom.

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Samson had a lot of potential.  He was reared in a Godly home, he was given supernatural strength, and he was popular in an era when there was a huge leadership void.  Samson could have led Israel to impressive victories and complete freedom.

But, while he provided some encouragement to his nation by provoking the Philistine enemies to anger, he never realized his full potential.

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A wise leader values the wisdom of good counselors.  Solomon advised, “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed” (Proverbs 15: 22).  Only arrogant leaders flippantly discount the advice of others and trust totally in their own instincts.

On the other hand a good leader recognizes “the buck stops here” and discerns between wise and foolish counsel.

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