Be Who You Can Be in Christ – Page 5 – Removing Barriers Releasing Potential

Five steps to measure ourselves by?

There are five steps or principles that we should be aware of and which affect and effect the way in which we see ourselves and how other see or perceive us:

Principle 1 ~ Mirror (1 Samuel 25: 1-42)

The first person we should examine is ourselves before we look at others.

Coping with difficult people is hard ~ how do you, cope with yourself.

We see people as they are ~ but as we are!

Through a lens we see others like we like to see others.

Destination & destiny ~ people keep moving, as they believe the next move (destination or destiny) will be the final move!

If you can’t fix problems where you are ~ you can’t fix someone else’s!

What do you do if you see someone you did not want to see?

Big issue ~ if you cannot get along with you, you will not get along with others.

Examine yourself.

How well do you know you?

How much to you like/love yourself. (James 2:8)

What do you see in the mirror ~ does it reflect Christ likeness, if not what steps are you going to take to improve you?

The Test of Three

From time to time most of us get caught up with gossip and rumours that impact our wellbeing and mental state.

Why do people get involved in gossip and rumours?

People get involved in gossip and rumours for many reasons such as to feel superior, for attention, out of envy and out of anger or unhappiness.

Why? Some people like to feel superior or want to be noticed generally don’t feel good about themselves and feel better when they put others down. In other words their self-esteem is low and by getting involved in worthless conversations they feel they have a place or position with others. However they also do it for attention because they will for a short time be the centre of attention. Furthermore they may do it out of anger or because they are unhappy, they might feel a sense of power out of seeing others suffer. That is why people get involved in gossip, rumours and slander.

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God’s Coffee

How often do we as individuals strive to get the best? There’s nothing wrong with wanting to have the best, my question is, in doing so, do we strive, get anxious, get stressed and look to the container rather than what’s inside.

The bible tells us in;

1 Peter 5:7 (AMP) Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.’ In short who do we rely on ourselves or God, hey I’m sure you will all say God!

Empowerment 5 ~ Empowered Individuals

This is the final piece in the jigsaw where we will briefly look at “Empowered Individuals”.

The Empowerment (Trust) Matrix

Low trust Entrenched in Bunkers Caged Eagles

High trust Flying Blind Empowered Individuals

Low Enablement High Enablement

The goal of all organisations/churches and its leaders should be to get as many people as possible into the empowered performer category ~ the lower right quadrant.

The message is obvious for those who want to build an empowered organisation/church: reduce the number of people who are entrenched in bunkers, flying blind or caged eagles. Increase the numbers who are fully trusted (EMPOWERED).

Empowerment 4 ~ Flying Blind

Moving on “Empowerment (Trust) Matrix quadrant “caged eagles”, this session we will briefly look at “flying blind”.

The Empowerment (Trust) Matrix

Low trust Entrenched in Bunkers Caged Eagles

High trust Flying Blind Empowered Individuals

Low Enablement High Enablement

Oxford dictionary ~ Blind

Lacking perception, awareness, or judgement: a blind acceptance of the status quo he/she was blind to the realities of his/her position

not controlled by reason: they left in blind panic

not governed by purpose :a world of blind chance

Empowerment 3 ~ Caged Eagles

Moving on from last week’s “Empowerment (Trust) Matrix quadrant “entrenched in bunkers”, this week we will briefly look at “caged eagles”.

Caged Eagles

The Empowerment (Trust) Matrix

Low trust Entrenched in Bunkers Caged Eagles

High trust Flying Blind Empowered Individuals

Low Enablement High Enablement

Let me be quite clear, I believe there are two types of caged eagles, firstly those who caged in by their mind set (ducks) and secondly there are those who are ready to learn and grow (eagles), however, they are caged in by attitudes, beliefs and opinions of others.