A Word For Men

“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” John Maxwell

I had a dream last night that I believe included a word for men regarding vision and passion. I had recently been reading about these two terms and their relationship to effective leadership. In the dream the faces of younger men, age 25 to 40 maybe, became known to me and I understood that I was to tell them about passion because it would be fuel for the vision God had given them and enable certain gifts relating to their purpose. I saw other young men in another place who were full of passion but not connected with a heavenly vision…I was greatly saddened…it was like talents being buried. I was awakened…it was about 2AM.

I was back asleep in a few minutes and had a second dream. I was telling some young men about the two terms fear and courage. This time it was as if I was talking to them one at a time in fast sequence. I was telling them of the Native American story of a father telling his young son that he had two wolves inside, the courage wolf and the fear wolf. As the story goes, we must decide on which wolf to feed and which wolf to starve. There has been much “fear food” in the past two years from Covid and now there are “war and economic issues food” to contend with.

I told these men that they must feast on the Bread of Life---that The Word would fill them with courage…that it would starve the spirit of fear…that it was power…it was love…it would give them a place to stand and fight with courage.

I came across an amazing quote on the subject a few years ago: “Vision does not ignite growth; passion does. Passion fuels vision and vision is the focus of the power of passion. Leaders who are passionate about their call create vision.” Ken Hemphill

Barney Barnes, 3-26-2022, Faith Men’s Prayer Coordinator