So, God added the vision. Then he added something else. He can’t just stop at vision. It’s fine to talk about vision, but he also added something else. He added leaders. Vision plus leaders, difference makers. When the church brought me here, it was just starting. I was the only staff member. We had a rented typewriter and were meeting in rented facilities.
A small group of people looked at me and they said, “Ed, how are you going to do this church when you are the only staff member? How?”
It was a great question. I said, “You know what? You’re going to be my staff. That’s right. You’re going to be the staff of Fellowship of Las Colinas. I mean, I can’t pay you. We don’t have the money, but you’re going to be the staff.”
They looked around and Preston said, “Me?” I said, “Yes, Preston, you.”
Doris was like, “I’m working in the corporate world.” I said, “Yeah, Doris.”
Owen told me, “I have an insurance company.” I said, “Yes, Owen.”
I said, “You’re going to be the staff. You all are the staff.”
“Okay,” they said, “that’s cool.”
I said, “You know, we’re going to make some decisions here. We need to commit not to miss a Sunday (because at that time we only had church on Sunday). We need to commit to attend every Sunday morning for the next 18 months. We’ve got to get this thing off the ground and going. We’ve got to become autonomous and self-supporting. We’ve got to do it. I’m willing to do it, are you?”
And they responded, “Yes.”
Is that unbelievable? I mean, you are talking about awesome leaders? Many, many others are here too, but I’m talking about Owen, Doris and Preston. The commitment level was huge. Leaders—they owned the vision and they still own the vision. They put flesh beneath the vision. It’s so important to understand that principle, because every time God adds a vision, he adds it to the lives of leaders.
And what I have done in my life before is, when God is instructing me, “Dr. Ed Young, you be faithful and here is the basic task right here, Ed, you are responsible for this.”
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