Today, the Agape Men’s Ministry Core Team goes into JB as an advance team before 52 men come in for Men’s Breakthrough Weekend. This journey with the Core team in seeking God for the Breakthrough Weekend has been so fulfilling. One of the key things I see in these men is hunger. More specifically: a hunger to see God do the extraordinary as demonstrated by humility, sacrifice, and perseverance. This has led them to sacrifice the early Saturday mornings for prayer and driven them to spend countless hours in planning for the Breakthrough Weekend.
None of the core team members have the experience to do what I was asking them to do. But man, they were hungry. And sometimes an ounce of hunger is better than a pound of experience. Because a truly hungry leader will hunt for wisdom and experience until they find it. And they’ll learn it by living it out rather than philosophizing and theorizing about it.
I saw this same hunger this past week in the men who put together an outreach BBQ dinner in Kota Kinabalu where I was invited to share on the downturn. These men from D'Gap Baptist Church were so hungry for God to touch men in the marketplace. That night we saw eight grown men give their lives to the Lord. The power of hunger.
On the flipside, I’ve found that experience minus hunger equals arrogance and cynicism.
Statements like:
“But we’ve always…”
“But we’ve never…” and
“Why should we bother to…”
are a sure sign that the hunger isn’t there anymore.
You can’t stay hungry when you’re full of yourself.
Jesus seemed to exemplify this in his senior management team selection process.
Peter wasn’t diplomatic…but he was hungry.
Matthew’s profession wasn’t popular with the people, but he was hungry to make a difference.
Thomas wasn’t always sure…but he was hungry to search for truth.
When you looking for authentic leaders through whom God moves to achieve His grand purposes, value the ir experience, probe for their aptitude and certainly validate their character. But don’t forget about the secret ingredient called hunger. Look for hungry men.
It covers a multitude of incompetency.
God is going to fill the men for their hunger this weekend.
