At Heal the Nations this year, Greg Fritz kept coming back to Isaiah 1.19 which says if you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. Obedience is a reference to what we do. Willing is not about what we do, but about attitude.
There are a lot of people around doing the right thing with the wrong attitude – and the big issue for you as a leader is that attitude is contagious. Your attitude is the most contagious. If you are doing children’s ministry sullen and sulky you are not in the church, there’s an attitude. If you are only coming to church to get noticed so that you can keep leading worship, there is an attitude.
Attitude determines altitude. If your attitude is to serve with no thought of reward, you will be orbital! If your attitude is one of a victim, one of negativity and strife, one of spite, one of rebellion, one of do as little as possible, you will crash and burn. We need to do what it takes to develop a positive attitude!
You have to do what you have to do with a positive and encouraging attitude. There are three main ways you keep your attitude the right attitude.
- Keep your walk with the LORD the main thing. Spend time listening to the Word, listening to sermons, praying in tongues, reading good Christian books.
- Be consistently open to growth. What are you reading to grow? What are you doing to learn? Are you in church regularly? Are you taking notes? Are you actively involved?
- Hang out with people you know have good attitudes. Those attitudes are contagious. Do not spend a lot of time with people with bad attitudes, with gossips, with small-minded people, with people who see flaws not potential.
If we are obedient and not willing, we don’t gain much, but the good news is that you can be willing in an instant. Repent, change attitudes and get on with it!
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