{{2011_07_18_t1.jpg}} {{2011_07_18_t2.jpg}} {{2011_07_18_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2011_07_18|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iii|| Topics Collection iii ]] ======Who is determining our path? ...====== Monday, July 18, 2011. The holiday time can be good to think about the various bits and pieces of our life. I have been thinking about guidance, about leadership, about who and what is determining our path. {{2011_07_18.jpg }} **Influence and leadership ...** I have been sitting in a meeting recently, where two leaders in our organization had a discussion about how to setup a particular project. One wanted it one way, the other one wanted it another way. They both were not authorized to make executive decisions for the other part ... But of course most of us have some kind of line manager, a boss or someone who is responsible to set the basic direction of the unit or company or group we work in. Even if we have some responsibility ourselves, there is usually someone we are responsible to. So who is finally determining our path? Is it our boss? Is it his boss? Is it me? This question who is in control and what type of control it is, it is a quite far reaching and important question. It is connected to key decisions in our life, what subjects to choose in school? What to study? What company to choose to apply for a job? What direction to take? What are my plans? What can I reach? What is important? And who has what power to make decisions and carry them out? {{ 2011_07_18_2.jpg}} **God's role in guidance ...** It is important for us to know that God is there in our life. It is important to know that he wants to play a key role in all these decisions. He is the "Lord of Lord's" and the "king of king". It is him, we are responsible to. God's role can be very important for us! He knows humans better than we know ourselves. And he knows everyone around me as well. He knows my colleagues. He knows my line manager. And he knows me. And he is someone who has wonderful ideas for my life. He has a plan, how I can gain complete fulfillment. He has tasks for me to do, he wants to fill my life with purpose and his love. He wants me to be important for others, for the people around me, for society. Today, we should look towards him with a fresh view and ask him to guide us. His guidance can help us day by day and resolve the many questions we have. He has more to give than the leaders around us, and he can free us to do what is needed. We want to talk more about that over the next days ... [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iii|... more texts]]