All Leaders Will Face These And Overcome Them.

John 6:15 - So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. NASU 

• An Old Saying 

There is an old saying that states, "If you want to defeat them, distract them."
 
You can be sure the plan to make Jesus an earthly king was nothing more than a "distraction" sent by the devil himself. The devil knows humans extremely well and sending distractions is something he does continuously. His plan has been working on us for thousands of years. So why would he want to change his tactics?
 
The reason he tries to distract us is he doesn't want us to accomplish our goals. 

• He Didn't Want Jesus To Accomplish His Goal 

In our text we can see the people want to take Jesus by force and make Him an earthly king.
 
There is no doubt in my mind He would have made a great earthly king. In fact, He would have been the greatest earthly king of all time. BUT that was not His goal.
 
If He would have become an earthly king it would have been in direct opposition to the goal He set before He left heaven. 

• He Could Have Done Good Things 

What many people don't understand is that when they are distracted they can still do some good, but they will never be able to do the things which are great.
 
Here is what I mean by that: Jesus as an earthly king could have made sure everyone had a good job. "How?" you might ask. He could have made sure that all the plants had a record producing year.
 
He could have sent the right amount of sunshine and rain on the plants each week. The corn, carrots, beets, potatoes, wheat, barley, grapes and olives would have produced in abundance.
 
He could have had the sheep and cows produce record amounts of wool, milk and offspring.
 
People throughout Israel would have been working. Foreign merchants and traders would have been constantly coming to buy and sell their goods. Do you get the picture?  They would have had Jesuscare, which I am sure would be far better than Obamacare.
 
He could have taken care of everyone's health issues. He could have blessed the water and said, "Everyone who drinks from it would be made well again."
 
Then there is this one last act that He could have done that would have made Him famous. He could have resurrected the dead and given them back to their loved ones.
 
Jesus would have been the greatest earthly king to ever have lived, BUT that was not His goal. 

• But He Chose To Do Great Things 

Why didn't He become an earthly king? The answer is simple. He chose not to be distracted. This is exactly what being an earthly king would have been. It would have been a distraction.
 
He chose to be a Spiritual King instead of an earthly one. I hope that you have chosen Him to be your Spiritual Lord, King and Savior. This was the greatest accomplishment for Jesus and nothing was able to stop Him from reaching His goal. 

• What Good Things Are Distracting You Today? 

You set some goals and they are ones you prayed about for a long time. You set out to accomplish these goals, but lately there are some good distractions coming before you.
 
These distractions may be beneficial to you and others, but they will never benefit anyone greatly. You have to make a choice. Do I do good things or great things? Do I let myself be distracted or stick to my goal? 

• The Goal Of Heaven 

Many Christians start out with the goal of going to Heaven. Then the evil one enters into the picture and tries to distract them from going to Heaven and being with God for all eternity.
 
Once you start traveling on the pathway to Heaven you can be sure distractions will come your way. Theses distractions only have one purpose and that is to get you to go for good instead of great.
 
Matt. 6:33 - "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you"    NASU
 
Think On These:
 
A good leader inspires men to have a confidence in him; a great leader inspires men to have confidence in themselves.
 
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Stay Pumped,

Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word

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