God Follower

Sometimes the pictures of leadership appear in the most unlikely places. This last week I encountered a young teenage girl and she would remind me of one of those great leadership truths.

She was from a religiously active conservative family. She was raised to be a faithful God follower. But she found herself in a horrible situation. She was faced with an unwanted pregnancy. She was in a committed relationship with someone and she was certain the baby wasn’t his.

As you can imagine she was struggling with all the questions anyone in that circumstance would struggle with.

• What would her parents say?
  
• What would they do?
  
• How would she tell the young man who she had committed her heart to?
  
• What would he do?
  
• Should she just run away?
  
• Should she seek a way to end the pregnancy?
  
• If she gave birth to the baby how would she care for the child?

In the midst of this struggle she shares the most profound statement.

“I am a God follower, and I will accept whatever He wants in this.”

In the ugliest of situations every leader, every true leader knows two truths.

1. Who they are – “I am a God follower.”
2. What God expects – “I will accept whatever He wants.”

That’s who I aspire to be, a God follower willing to accept whatever He wants.

Want to hear the rest of this young woman’s story? Read it for yourself. It begins in Luke 1:26.

The Man in the Window
A God follower willing to accept whatever God wants.