Kingfisher Leadership
1st February 2021
Kingfisher Leadership news Regaining an abundant perspective So far, 2021 is not proving to be the new start that so many of us hoped for. With new, variant strains of the COVID virus found in the UK, in South Africa, in Brazil, that are more transmissible than the original strain, this battle seems far from over, even with the arrival of several vaccines. Leaders, as we have seen in previous Leadership Newsletters, are called to be ‘Hope Carriers’, those who are able to discern and articulate vision in compelling ways. So, in the midst of this ongoing pandemic, what is the vision? What hope is God challenging leaders to proclaim and live out? Around the Kingfisher Family, that vision of hope is spelled out in Ephesians 3:20-21,
ourselves and those we lead to be living our lives at. We might not be experiencing an abundant level of provision right now, but we are definitely challenged to live with an exceeding, abundant perspective. And out of that perspective, Paul writes, “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13, NIV)
An abundant perspective chooses to come into agreement with God’s view of things.
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Immeasurably more. Or, as another versions puts it, exceedingly, abundantly more. That is the level at which He operates and at which we are to expect His power to be at work. That is the level of expectation we are called to encourage
This is the level of confidence He is challenging us to live at. How do leaders cultivate an exceeding, abundant perspective? Perspective is an attitude towards, or way of regarding something. An abundant perspective is a way of looking at the world from the perspective of expecting the God who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than all we ask or imagine to act in exceeding, abundant ways. An abundant perspective chooses to come into agreement with God’s view of things. Coming into agreement is about Confession - allowing our confession to mirror God’s declaration for this world. We have become so used to living within restrictions and lockdown rules (and rightly so; we must do all we can to see off this evil virus). However, our perspective should not be learning to live with what we cannot do, but rather learning to live with what we, through Christ , should expect. 1