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BEING A POSITIVE LEADER WITH MEREDITH ANDREWS | Matt McCoy
As worship leaders , we are called to lead our teams and congregations to point them towards God . But how can we be positive leaders ? Meredith Andrews joins Matt McCoy to talk about what makes a positive leader and where we find our identity .
OUR PURPOSE
In order to be a positive worship leader , we need to know our purpose for leading in the first place . Is it for personal gain ? Or is it to advance the Kingdom of God ?
Meredith : “ At the beginning of 2020 I came to terms with that I can ’ t travel and do what I think I am put on this Earth to do . So , I had to ask myself , does my life still have purpose even if I can ’ t be leading people in worship . I concluded that it doesn ’ t change the fact that I am actually called to lead . And it ’ s not for myself or to lead people to me . It ’ s not even to build a brand . It ’ s to build something that advances the Kingdom of God . That is what I feel so strongly that I ’ m put on the Earth to do . Why am I leading ? What is the motivation behind this ? Is it for recognition ? Is it because my identity is tied to it ? I had to get to a place where I could honestly say it ’ s in me to build , create , encourage and pour into other people .”
HANDLING CRITICISM
A big part of being a leader is hearing criticism . How we handle that criticism is a big part of being a positive leader .
Meredith : “ If we want to grow , we have to be willing to hear hard things . I really believe that if we are to be sharpened , if we are to grow , if we are to have influence where we ’ re hearing from the Lord and pour out from a place of revelation from Heaven , we have to open ourselves up to say , “ Show me what I can ’ t see .” That ’ s why we put people around us that we can trust to help us grow . If we want to be better than where we were before we have to ask people to speak into our lives . It is so important to take a posture of humility and openness and saying we don ’ t know everything and ask for feedback .”
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Be sure to listen to Meredith Andrew ’ s latest song with Sarah Reeves and Chris McClarney “ Make Room ” wherever you stream music !