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A Leadership Lesson from Harrison Ford

Orginally published on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 5:15 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Tony Foeller writes, "I was watching Harrison Ford in the movie “Clear and Present Danger” recently. Toward the end of the movie his character, Jack Ryan, was duking it out with a bad guy. The bad guy had a gun while Ford’s character was unarmed. As I’m watching I think to myself, “Why doesn’t he just take out that laser-pistol-thingy or the whip he used in his other movies?”

The answer is obvious: the character Jack Ryan can’t use the weapon that Han Solo used in “Star Wars”. Nor can he use the weapon that Indy wielded in the “Raiders of The Lost Ark” movies. That’s just silly.

So here’s the lesson. A believer can no more fight with the weapons of this world (his/her former way of life) than Jack Ryan can fight with Han Solo’s or Indiana Jones’ weapons. It’s just silly….preposterous!...

Believers are to think, act, behave, react, and engage their culture very differently than non-believers.  We can’t do it now the way we might have done it then.  Before I knew The Lord I would fly off the handle, yell, scream, and throw a tantrum to get my point across.  But now that I’m His disciple I am learning that I need to be meek (have power that’s under control), sympathetic, empathetic, compassionate, and merciful.

According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, I’m new.  Old things have passed away and all things have become new.  My battle is not with flesh and blood (i.e. people are not my enemy).  Sin is my enemy.  I couldn’t fight sin with the “weapons” of my old lifestyle.  But now that I’m a new creation in Him, I have new weapons that are more than adequate for the job.  Get it?

While it might have been cool to see Jack Ryan fight with a laser-pistol thingy or a whip, it would have been completely out of character.  And a believer can’t fight with the world’s weapons if he/she wants to display the character of Christ.”

You can read more from Pastor Tony here...


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