Moving the Needle
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Leadership Straight from Bill Hybels
Moving the Needle
It struck me that something
that is really important to a leader
Does moving the needle...
Do you use that expression?
Sometimes in an athletic
contest in the USA
they will put a Decibel level meter
to register the applause rate of something
going on in an athletic contest.
Then they alert the crowd
that after this inning or
at this time on the time clock
we are going to see how much
we can move the needle.
So everyone yells and screams
and they move the needle.
That expression has caught on in the USA
about moving the needle.
In a leader's life
in their inner recesses
especially a Christian leader
you have to say
that I believe if the Holy Spirit is
in charge of my life
I believe if I am operating
out of my giftedness
with the spiritual gifts
God has gifted me.
If the Holy Spirit is in charge
and I am operating out of my giftedness
and I am trying to do something
that is within the Biblical parameters
of what God wants me
to do in this world
at some basic level you have
to be confident to say
I believe I can move the needle.
I believe I can move
the evangelism needle.
I believe I can move
the generosity needle.
I believe I can move
the discipleship needle.
I just have to get the right
people around the table.
We have to have
the right conversations
and the right kinds of prayers.
We have to be ruthless implementors
of these cool ideas that we think about.
Then we have to be patient
to see if we can move a needle.
Someone asked about moving
the health of your culture needle.
It is imminently movable.
As is the resource needle,
the evangelism needle.
You have to have
that base level of confidence
that God is for you.
His Spirit is powerful.
He still wants his church to advance.
You are on the right
side of all of this.
When you operate with
that kind of confidence
you make better decisions.
It helps your enthusiasm stay high.
If a leader gets to a point
when he or she secretly thinks
you or I cannot move that needle
that is a sad day.
People can tell that you gave up.
When they see that their
leader has given up
then they give up.