Set a Fire

This week was awesome, seriously it was Winterfest weekend.  Leadership is influence and you have heard me say that on numerous occasions.  As many of you know last year I had an internship as youth pastor at Owings Mills Church of God and one of the things that I tried to instill in them was teamwork, unity, ultimately togetherness.  Now I haven’t seen these kids since the end of April in 2012.  But who would have thought it, that they would have honestly held on to my teachings, and God’s word the way they did.  Grant it, it was a bumpy journey and is far from being completed but just the fact that they have grown so much over a short span means a lot to me and a lot to them.  The first night I was bum rushed by the kids, while I was working the Mission Booth, and it brought me happiness.  It was one of the greatest moments if not the greatest moment of Winterfest this year.  Wait, altar call Saturday night did it for me.  When I saw them wanting to pray with each other and pray for each other they reminded me of a little family.  Because from the first time I met them, they said that that is what they wanted to become, and at the beginning that didn’t trust one another neither did they really like each other, and when you see them turn into what I saw this weekend it shows that as a leader, you never give up on someone no matter how long it takes.  That as you constantly pour into people eventually they will catch on, people just catch on at different times.  If you’re a leader, you can’t allow yourself to become a “Starving Baker”.  A person who is so worried about pouring into others, that they forget to pour into their self and nothing gets accomplished.  So as you go throughout your day I challenge you to stay strong in Christ and never give up on people.  Continue to pour and one day the fruit will show. 

God Bless