The Harvest Part 2

Picking it up from yesterday… re. the ripeness of the fields…
         B.  Leaders can see the ripeness of the fields.
Another way to put it – leaders see what God is doing.  Leaders focus their attention upon what IS happening.  Leaders build upon strengths, not weaknesses.
 
I have been told by inept, non-leaders in somewhat convincing ways that it is a good thing to be “balanced.”  You might want to copy and paste this line:  “Balance is for sissies.”
Balance only exists in a vacuum.
There is no balance in nature – never has been, never will be.
I am not against environmentalists.  I have my Sierra Club calendar on the wall.  Love the pictures.  On the other hand, without a living relationship with the Living God there is a propensity for humans to seek to enforce “balance” that is non-existent upon all things – when in fact that state will never exist.
 
Jesus called out leaders who had a seminal focus – a seminal, one of a kind strength.  Then he encouraged that “one thing” (to quote Curley from City Slickers, still the concept is thoroughly biblical) to flourish by the presence of the Holy Spirit big time.
 
The kingdom of God was carried out by a virtual army of “one thing” people walking out the message for generations until more than half of the world was converted – that is 350 A.D.