Leading Others by Following Jesus

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I don't have one so I'll thank you for this opportunity have been getting excited about it were still shooting Doug Massey like sausage, you know, making sausages, making TVs, lifelong process. I'm not complaining, I just didn't realize that right now are from our hundred and 30th episodes of the snow yet. It's been good. God bless so much. Never what a dream I get asked all the time we give every thought this was going on. Impossible to know that we were shooting a show that we put a prayer at the end of it not be honest, it didn't seem like a big deal. We prayed normally before meals and so putting it on television never really thought that the impact it would have, but it resonated not just in America got understand it's in countries all over the world.

Like it or not when you turn the TV on since my living room all across the world. There is a prayer to God. Type in and went right through Hollywood ride through New York, and if you said there's no way they'll ever do this and guess what God has a way to give him the glory will be about leadership because it's so you can think of myself as a leader really down but there's a lot of leaders in our family. I am from a family of leader strong leaders. I do run the business. Allow my wife.

She probably does more than other so but there's different types of leadership style so will your business, church, our families, we need to make sure that we pattern you know how we leave people after the right type attitude to be like Christ Jesus. So the first person on the look at is God himself to walk around on this earth. Flavius chapter 2 said your enter should be the same as that of Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing taken the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the father did not also that Jesus did that for us so we can't leave them as we know who exactly led us and it starts off so strange right heat. Jesus was ceases a lesson before you got here is here. I figured out I'm going to come down there and become one of you.

So let's contrast Jesus and what he's done to our leaders that we see today.

Who are these people that lead us who are the people there. The wealthy, there is a highly educated, there is a very well-connected their lawyers. This was funny the athletes and ex-athletes on her figure that out there. Ex-pro wrestlers said that just because the leader celebrities. Believe it or not, and there's others, but let's face a lot of people view as leaders are these, people like these the people that we think have it together.

How did they get to the top and what's beyond how do people allow times get to the top. Not everyone, but they, step all over each other right now we stop each other on the ground trying to get ahead of someone else. We climb that ladder this doggy dog society DHEA neutron in the big rewards go for the big performances I got a chance actually hang out with some leaders believe or not it is where really going to name drop. Okay, so you are going to the White House correspondents dinner, we were invited by the Robertson 700 sourdough center table and so were walking and cores on the phone with her mom and she goes to meet present and were not meeting the present. There's thousands of people in her life seems think this is a funny weather that the comedians in their name.

I cannot lie.

Think she is out there was is running present just were going to miss that as well. Walking we walk in the front door people that were guy wants up their pace as rocks in the present would like to see both Corey said to meet the president so I look like I'm in line behind like Nicole Kidman and somebody Allison my family was all gathered for little dungeon area behind this thing and so got made present a very nice system, things love Sherry actually said. He watches that want their Doug Massey on Air Force One, which allows chemical gave some cufflinks and I know where this I like is brown, not real coupling just a little evasive. Mably would just happen some kind of a big deal and just when you think you're a big this happens on Daytona mother doing a car race thing is Lebanon was versions of the Psalm, then Gov. Scott walks up from and I was doing governor and is now you said. I'm so cement is so nice to meet you is that they can gather he said I love your music and I saw your concert and it was a cranky method Willie so sorry that he did not recognize. And he's like just cameras around your big deals in your last not tell you about was I was able to go and meet Billy Graham and at his house I got is so his daughter. They were family.

I want to show them so I this chance and offer and also all yeah I'm there for sure someone when there's room and you notice it was on a hard time hearing just you know is older and his daughter said Danny this is Willie Rossi's on the TV show.

He can always Louisiana say you and he looked up and he said to see me clouding my want to see me I'll sign like that's what I want to be like where he said you talk about living that Philippians 2 as a leader and all he's done this to say, why would semi-come see me that the leadership style of Jesus. Jesus always give of you and I thought that was totally opposite them with the world's view was right was always different. Jesus was in this world but not of the world leaders motivate. But what motivates us. That is the question.

If you watched politics right now you see the world. Fear money, jobs, security all things of this world right below Greg you see that this figure will motivate you as people get scared to death to get Jesus in your you will be a scary. Guess what, what item built for this life were built for something way beyond here. Matthew five Jesus taught his fishing to make us Jesus. This one, the first thing she said was he goes through and starts telling people, had so Matthew five fairly early right in his ministry. The first thing he said blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they become lesser.

The me right 100 can convert Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God, blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons. Blessed are those who persecuted because of the righteousness theirs is the kingdom of heaven, different list on leadership style right.

What is Jesus wants to be less not more, not angry, not scrape he's telling them about rewards they're going to get bonuses how much we push ourselves to make more money and more bonuses and the next thing and the next thing Jesus is he's offering things that he's saying right he's been there. She can imagine, if you come from heaven and you're telling people things in your life. This'll turn you on and as humans we have a hard time even know what he's talking about and I'm sure Jesus is like these are the things that are going to motivates you. You're listening to Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty on focus and family get a CD of this entire program to listen to again or share with a friend when you call 800 the letter a in the word family 800-232-6459 or donate online and requested@focusonthefamily.com/broadcast, let's go ahead and hear more from Willie Robertson so I start thinking this might be so, and I never got but I start thinking because I will motivate you and I want you to be a better leader and is probably going to be the opposite thing of what you're thinking somehow. How would that be like always about what his life for Jesus to leave where he came from. Come down here.

I used to say Nancy like that's become a nap now were able to go in the Sabia.I'm done.

I got explained other duct things, not that man got explained to them things that they don't understand but can't talk about difficult. That would be. I'm just thinking about Jesus trying to tell human beings.

How awesome these things are going to be when he says you're going to get something that's beyond that, I would tell a dog okay here's the deal. Make sure if you said I'll make sure that you're sitting about things that are plastic okay they look just like us, want us to stay away from anything barrels come out of their Doug starts going it's all dull stop in West Louisiana either got some beers there that had really done 100 on the dots over the years. Best thing to do is live on golf course. It's safe, they don't see John golf course Jesus trying to explain this to human beings.

How different than our leaders to receive Jesus had this amazing way of giving simple stories. Simple things, the greatest leader of all time teaching limited human beings seem to cease us how to lead.

Ultimately, he had to be sacrificed himself. Guess what that was a lesson knowing that he was going to have to sacrifice himself. God gave them over to us human beings.

The tall more lesson, you know, it takes action to be a good leader. The first thing you gotta do is follow another one. These opposite Jesus things he tells us the only follow. We leading away following one of the best. My favorite person in the Bible is the apostle Peter. This story of his life blows me away every day when I think about so Jesus comes up you know the story Jesus comes up couple boats there. There's a fisherman. I like that fisherman so Peter is there. They been fishing all day man, nothing Jesus gives him a little lesson that Jesus by way got going. That's up 11 deep stuff.

Jesus is not a professional fisherman. Okay.

So that's what is live his life was paid as we been trying to solve and think about anything but if you I'll teach him a lesson right so whatever he said. At least got a mission enough to go try this I go to brother NASA I will think about things are everywhere and what what is Pater Salam it was learned get away from me.

I'm a simple man and that what we do assume things don't let RCN the person will push away from Jesus is not the same and they were the guy was going to take this away from me, but he, Jesus don't even matter that it's okay, he says.

I tell you what you come follow me I will make you a fisherman of man was Peter do drop everything he has and starts walking when I was thinking fishing.

He didn't even think of it like you okay, click sell think these things and then later we go then drop it and follow and I love that about Peter that he just said, O we rolling O left everything Jesus was way past Peter the shortcomings because he needed a follower. Neither followers sell passes sand passes lack of vision, lack of faith, he saw a follower. He's not looking for perfect people. He's looking for followers. That's what is going for. If you're going to be a good leader, you better start by being a good follow. Okay if you don't you know what you may Luke chapter 18 to be the rich ruler same opportunity was offered to this guy never thought about any way about her resume only say I'm a pretty good guy deals on Friday and got right so they got follow me, God himself, the creator of everything offered this guy a chance a chance of a literally of a lifetime. The same thing.

Peter said let's throw this guy looked and what he do they walked away very sad couldn't do it. You know what happens when you don't follow him with your name in the Bible, just the rich ruler you are forever know about us and that kept you from Peter to that chance Peter followed now those around me sometimes feel like Peter because he had some dumb things that he would like to stay please the Lord so bad. He was a follower, you and Elsie Eddie and fearless faith, fearless faith. The first one jumped out about diesel: on the water. Now those go do this against me. I'm getting a lot there. Sagan Jesus legs that invaded her life. Good try Jesus at the end of his life darting account of taking all theater dues like that's love like that is good thing sometimes.

I'm thinking then the ultimate thing. You use as you know you want about me three times.

Pierce's never three years at least of his life walking, talking, all the miracles all the things he saying Transfiguration. This all this stuff you know Jesus is no you are with them.

No.

Yes, I was you know that was not me denied Christ three times the worst thing you can do.

I know a lot of you are married. This is not saying you're not married even know my spouse 10 years of counseling to get over that right. This is what Peter did what he Peter do they start bawling say leaders crop okay when you screw up your crop leaders to screw up.

But leaders get backed up. Later get backed up and they keep going and that's what Peter did over and over and over. Acts chapter 1 Jesus, gal. Acts chapter 2 gathering people say hello so my steps up OS on the last Pater didn't take long. He got up off his face from just a few weeks earlier got any springs in the cloud still bad right Jesus prayed any life you with the help and putting them on the cross. But God raised him from the dead, and he's preaching in the French and the other chapters with many other words he leave them, save yourself the scrub generation 237, when the brothers were showing no repair give forgiveness. Understand you will get the Holy Spirit in you. They just had it before our fire shooting other heads get you fired or not.

My Peter did not to be defined and not want to be that rich ruler you want to be runaway Peter.

He did not want to be defined that way you said that's a rock I will build this whole chart shown is right there and he followed him when all the way to death.

St. Joe did not find me out people because look simple. I'm broken and I need Jesus.

And when I read about people like that to get themselves back up, pick themselves back up and they keep going. God can use you in amazing ways. I we all can be leaders if you told me 10 years, God be staying right here talking to you. I thought I guess I got a preacher job in my other job and work out God. He's a television show help a lot of people and were honored to be part of that love the way you hope you have a great conference father for that we can be more like you. For that we can be more like Peter followed me and that we read about in the bowel of the women who did so many amazing things and got this whole thing started 2000 years ago.

Father, we are still talking about you. You are still thinking about you. We're still praising you everything that we have everything all the glory. Thank you for the blood. The sages siesta crowd responding to Duck Dynasty early Robertson is our featured speaker today on Focus on the Family by John, what an inspirational message. I really appreciate Willy's leadership skills as the CEO. Duck Cmdr. is the father of six and as a Christian man in the media. That's not easy.

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