Fastbreak: Already Operating in Your Calling

In this podcast episode, Dave reflects on his journey from being a musician to becoming the leader of a megachurch. He shares how he discovered his calling in pastoring and the importance of nurturing his leadership abilities, all while emphasizing the significance of creating space for others to function in their giftings.

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Welcome to the Elemental Leaders Fast Break Podcast. A quick download to jumpstart your leadership, visit us at Elemental Group for more resources and free downloads. To this day, working with the Elemental Group. Eons ago, I played in a little vocal driven acoustic group consisting of a steel six string guitar, a classical guitar, a violin and hand percussion. I just become a Christian.

I've been playing Barbie and rock music for years before that, but as a drummer, mostly, I picked up classical guitar and a little keyboards to be able to write. Following that, I joined an amped up Christian rock group, Hit the Road for years, starved a good bit, paid my proverbial dues and graduated with an incessant ringing in my ears.

Sometimes people who know my music background would ask me if I ever thought I'd be the leader of a megachurch. It seems like a funny question, and I'm not sure what's going on in my heart when I hear that. It's not like I woke up one day and thought, Gee, I want to be the pastor of a big church.

I think I came kicking and screaming into pastor ship. But it's a funny thing about our callings. Most of us have probably been operating in our gifts and spiritual competencies for some time before we had any official title. For instance, I realized that in group settings and after concerts, I loved talking with people and watching the lights come on.

There was an element of classic pastoring happening. I loved researching, prepping and delivering Bible studies in home groups as well. It seemed to me that people were engaged and responded positively. Plus, I was energized by it. It wasn't draining to me at all. I love seeing people think differently and having aha moments spiritually even more. I live for the moment, so leading someone into a relationship with Jesus in my first civilian job after I became a Christian, I had tons of ongoing conversations with people at work who didn't know Jesus.

I became kind of the resident go to guy for all things spiritual, and I was less than a year old as a believer. Yeah, it seems funny to me too now, but when someone's family member is facing surgery and maybe, just maybe they could use some prayer or someone came back from lunch mad because a guy on a street corner with a bullhorn was telling people they were going to hell guess who would have those conversations?

The hippie Jesus freak who loved to talk about God stuff. Necessity trumps discomfort and after all, they didn't know anyone else who seemed to enjoy talking about Jesus. You've probably been operating in your calling for some time in the kingdom. It's always been less about titles and more about creating space for people to function in their gifting. Everyone's different, but for me, leadership has always sneaked up on me.

And honestly, the best things in my life were the things I seemed to be invited into. That's odd because that doesn't sound like classic leadership, but it works if the invitations are coming from God. By the way, it doesn't mean that I don't have to develop the leadership factor. Oddly, the older I get, the less assured and confident I am.

That's why it's critical for me to find opportunities to get around people who are more adept at this leadership thing than I am. I can't afford to let leadership leaders slip. So here's the question How are you nurturing your leadership abilities?

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