Come,
listen – if you want to know what God has done, so I can tell you what He has
done for me! (Psalm 66:16)
Have you given your people opportunity to
listen to God’s vision for you and for them, and to the values He has given you
to teach? That work is very important, but it is also important for them to
hear the stories of how the vision and values look when they are lived. As
people hear how God has used others in their community for His purposes, they
will begin to see themselves in those stories. They will understand how to show
integrity in living the values and pursuing the community’s shared vision,
rather than just talking about them as ideals.
Again, the writer focuses on what God has
done. It is important that this topic dominate your words, too. When your
people listen to – and celebrate - the stories, and they hear, “this is how you
have lived,” and “this is how you have participated in pursuing God’s purpose,”
they will begin to take ownership. The vision becomes “our vision,” rather than
simply the words you have spoken. As the importance of the values become evident,
they will be adopted too.
Speak in ways that will help your people to
hear what God is doing and to embrace that work as their own.
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