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Recruiting Season

Leadership

 It is the time of year when teams are being put together for the upcoming season. The transfer portal is as busy as rush hour traffic through Atlanta, coaching staffs are being shuffled around, and high school athletes are being pursued by top schools with the highest rated players lifted up as the next coming and written about like hall of famers. 

In our business, recruiters have been calling, emailing, texting, and promising the world to anyone with any measure of historical success. Everyone wants the best, the brightest, the most socially worthy...the apparent all-stars.

Thankfully for us, that is not how Jesus did it. When His public ministry started, his first order of business was to recruit a team. (If Jesus knew he couldn't do it alone, so should you). He could have chosen anyone. He had at his disposal all the most intelligent, the best trained, the smartest Bible scholars, and the ones the world looked up to because of their beauty or perfect public personas. None of them made the cut. He didn't want pretty, He wanted productive. It was not for the stage, but for the streets.

Fulfilling countless prophesies, He went right into the armpit of blue-collar communities and found people whose hands were calloused, faces weathered, clothes dirty, and hearts full of passion and desire. He wanted people who knew how to work, were willing to do what it would take, humble in spirit, and willing to learn.

- Not beautiful swans, but nasty sheep.

- Not five-star recruits, but players he knew he could win a championship with.

 He wanted people just like you and me.

"Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew-- throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, 'Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!' And they left their nets at once and followed him." (Matthew 4:18-20)

 

Jesus didn't chase brilliant, well-spoken, scripted spectators; he wanted fighters who would get in the ring. To Peter and Andrew, their nets represented what they knew, what they had been taught up to that point, and a safe career. When they heard the call, they immediately dropped the nets of familiar safety and stepped out of the boat. Following Jesus into a dangerous new direction made all the difference. It takes followers for sure, just not with digital thumbs up and likes, but those willing to carry the cross and bear the load with Him.

What about you? Are you a person willing to take initiative? Are you willing to put what you believe to be true and check it for an opportunity to grow into a dynamic new direction? Will you take a few risks? Will you invest the time to learn new skills and have the courage to step into action? Will you do the work? Will you drop your nets and get out of the boat?

Following Jesus is not a spectator sport. Success in business and life isn't either. Love sure isn't. It's work. It's a bold, courageous action. Humbly pursue wisdom without ceasing, then activate it with courage, aligning yourself with the right teammates to move the mission forward. Not the most talented, prettiest, or well-scripted, but the ones willing to get out from behind their screens, their desks, and their excuses and hit the field.

Feed your heart and challenge your mind, then put your hands and feet to work.

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