REIGNITING KINGDOM BURDEN IN LEADERSHIP

 

REIGNITING KINGDOM BURDEN IN LEADERSHIP

 Neh: 1:4: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

 

Ø  Hanani and team comes with news of work, news of the status of Jerusalem. What news do you bring: Only gossip, useless news, divisions, you bring?

1. Great affliction and reproach 2. The walls of Jerusalem broken 3. The gates burned with fire. The challenges at Israel district needs Elder Nehemiah.

 There is no one who told Nehemiah to decide to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls but it was a burden. Burden works with attitude. You are your attitude and attitude is you. Your attitude is your altitude.

• Burden: The push that gives you the sense of commitment, devotion, duty, obligation and responsibility. With burden you put yourself in the work. You do the work with all heart, all your mind, all yourself.

• There is no leader who is going to be successful without a burden, burden is the inner drive for work. Leaders with a burden they are influential and make impact in their leadership.
• Burden is the thing that differentiates leaders from each other because effectiveness comes from burden.
• Burden people work even if they don’t see a benefit or praises. Those with a burden do not complain of God’s work because it is His work.
• Any great work of God and production through someone begins with a burden in that someone. What pushes Baba Guti to go around is the burden he has for souls. What burden do you have?
• Kingdom business calls for people who are burden bearers, stand in the gap (Ez 22:30)
• A person with a burden will never wait to be pushed because the burden pushes him. The person with a burden asks kuti todii, chii chinoda kuitwa sometimes just do what he has seen to be done.
• Leaders without a burden for the things of God must resign. Unobatsirei usina mutoro webasa. 

With a burden leader see:

• What others don’t see: A leader’s eyes moves into the spiritual realm and see what others don’t see. Iwe waratidzwa famba nezvawaratidzwa not trying to force people. (District Vehicle)
• Before others see: Be always the first to see the need of the projects.
• Ahead of others: It is a shame for any leader to behind of followers. You can’t be in 2010 when your followers are in 2019. This is one of the greatest challenges as it causes friction in kingdom projects and business.
• Beyond others: When followers see in short term terms, leaders go into the long-term range or mode. Most of buildings and projects were done by people who saw in the short term.
• Further or bigger than others: When followers see something you see it from another angle and size or magnitude. Quality and excellence work well with leaders who see further than others (sketch of the mission house) 

People with burden

• They have a push, passion and conviction in themselves (after hearing the news, a push was created in him)
• They build relationships (asked the king for permission to go for the walls restoration. You need people and networking even with your burden)
• They are spiritual and prayerful people (after the burden, Nehemiah prayed)
• They are ready to take a risk and are bold (Nehemiah was ready to face the risk and opposition. Where are the people who can take risks for the Kingdom of God?)
• They are geared for initiative action (after hearing the situation, Nehemiah was pushed for action) As a leader, at times we are not asked, but we are expected to do it.
• They are exceptional motivators with a courageous constitution and have capacity for influence.

 

What takes burden? (Ps 12:1)

1. Personal decision, looking at other people kuti vachaita when he is also looking kuti nhingi achaita. Imwe nyaya ndeyekuti caretaker nefinance vachaita.
2. Associations: Sometimes munopedzwa simba neshamwari dzisina kana burden.
3. Church politics: Hatina kuvinga politics takavinga basa: political commisar
4. Lack of seriousness: Wamwe wati fambe paburden yebasa raShe (Hwange deal)
5. Offences from other leaders~ Makapedzwa simba nezvigumbu. You can fix man but not God, maramwira ani basa iri? God can raise stone.
6. Surroundings/environment~ the situation or place you are in doesn’t promote burden. Pano hapaitwe izvozvo- please musandipedza simba ndine burden neGlenview.

Ø  You used to give your all when you were at that place. You would say ndofamba netsoka, chero ndapa Mwari, but these days at GlenView.

Ø  You used to walk long distances but now mota yatove nyaya (Hippo Valley)

Ø  Status and position: Those days musina chunhu commitment was above board but makomborerwa zero. Musati mave leader zeal yanga yakati ohhhh.

Ø  I will not change my burden commitment nekuti ndave kuWaterfall when I stood with His work in Hwange.

7. Challenges and opposition: No more power to push on (Jm 1:2) For every burden there is an opposition (Tobiah and Sanballat). When you have a burden be ready for opposition. There are always challenges in the work of God. Challenges are the oil of ministry.
8. Sin: sin kills the zeal. Many people they try to have a burden for the souls for church growth, tithes etc but sin is hindering. Sin always drag you back.
9. Excuses:
10. Devil and demonic attacks

Bad attitudes in burden

 

·         Giving excuses of not producing because we are many: Kuchekererana chishandwa. Pamwe chinotorwa nemunhu one vamwe vakapeta maoko. 

·         Not producing to the pastor, the elder or another leader to fix them. You cannot fix anyone through the work of God

·         You don’t want to be told that you are not productive? Every time we are asked or told to be productive you become angry.

·         Seeing the work of God as an inconvenience and a burden to your life.

Signs that the burden has gone:

 

Ø  The time, commitment, concentration, devotion, zeal, energy, effort, and passion we put in our things in comparison to the same we have put in the Kingdom of God.

Ø  No longer participating in Kingdom business, change of language (criticism and negative), no longer faithful in matters of the Kingdom (effort, time, giving etc). You are no longer available VaGaratiya ndiani akakuroyai? – Gal 3:1

Ø  I don’t care attitude- chero zvazvaita. Hana haichatirimukira zvinhu zvekwaMwari. Chero chegumi chikadonha no deal, even vatendi vakadzokera sure no deal. Please care for the work of God.

Ø  No more excitement in the things of God- Leadership without excitement is dangerous (EH Guti). Every time you want to do the work of God, you feel very low. The push and the drive is gone. The zeal of thine house has consumed me ~ John 2:17

 

  Signs of the burden

 

1. Concern (Asked about the state of affairs: Nehemiah’s body was in Persia, but his heart and his interest were in Jerusalem (things of God) – 800 miles away. He wanted to know from those returning how the people and the city were doing). Do you ever ask about the work of God? What is the state of affairs? Do you actually ask the state of affairs at your region?
2. Sat down: Pondering, what is next, what then can we do? Burden eats you up and you ponder the best way to deal with the situation.
3. Wept and mourned: Emotional attachment to Kingdom business. Have you ever cried and mourned for days? Zvepasangano penyu zvinochemedza but hamuchemi. It’s business as usual, not with people of burden.
4. Fasted, prayed: Burden pushes you to pray. You may not have the money but burden pushes you to pray. God have mercy with my life. God intervene at our assembly, things must change (Mt 17:21)
5. To God of heaven: He has all the solution to the Kingdom business. Anotikundisa. In the work of God, we need God of the work. NaMwari panobudika.