D. Unwanted Grace Comes as a Opportunity that’s more that we want.

All too frequently we are like Jonah – we don’t want God’s grace initiative in our hearts because it will call us away from our comfort and our security and our desires to care from cruel and troubled place like Nineveh..

Examples: Moses was done with challenge and was satisfied with tending sheep.. But a burning bush got his attention and called him to the greatest leadership opportunity which was key to all that Moses became..

Jeremiah: tired of weeping, of being single, “I do not, I will not say another word from You!”

What made them great was God’s unwanted grace..

Peter – he wanted a crown but Jesus gave him a cross. His response? “Never will I let you take the cross.” “Peter, not only I will take up the cross, you will too.”

Paul – burdened for the Jews would die for them, but God called him to the Gentiles..

And even if this is not the case, God’s initiating grace always calls us to something we cannot do, something that is overwhelming for us, something that frightens us because it is so demanding..

Think of it – Jonah was called to go to a city of 600,000 and tell them about God’s demands on them, but he would be the only believer there.. There was no steering committee, no team, no advance men and women, no counselor training, just Jonah – and God..

And how did Jonah respond. He rose up and went as far in the opposite direction as he could from Nineveh..

NO LEADER BECOMES A LEADER WITHOUT UNWANTED GRACE – The grace to die with dignity and the grace to live with impact..

If you think you can do your job, and you have managed on your own, God’s unwanted grace is always standing at the door.. God never never, never gives us supernatural things to do.. He only has God-sized tasks..

Leadership is not primarily what you do. The real thing about it is HOW YOU GROW. You are in leadership to grow in public, so others can learn how to grow while watching you..