One of the greatest attributes of a true friend is the fact that they believe in you through thick and thin.
In fact the art of great leadership is to believe in the people God puts into your life.
People in your life fall into three groups.
1. They hero – you.
These people are wonderful. They believe you never make a mistake and everything that comes out of your mouth is God breathed. They do so much to help you have great vision and confidence in the call of God on your life. We need to believe in hero people as God given.
Sadly the hero people can sometimes be attracted to the next hero who comes on the scene and disappear as quickly as they came.
2. They Help – you
These people are the salt of the earth. They know you are not perfect but they choose to serve with you and help you fulfill the call of God upon you life.
Believe in these people with all their flaws and failings as they are the army who will work with you to achieve the impossible.
It is this group of ordinary people whom you must believe in and help to rise up into all God has for them.
3. They Humble – you.
These are the people whom God gives to you to keep your eyes on the Lord.
They often see your blindspots and let you know they still believe in you.
These people often put demands on you and drain you, and bring you down to earth, but you still have to believe in them.
Believing in people is essential no matter what their role in your world.
A. Believe for their best when they are at their worst.
While we were yet sinners God believed in us and sent Jesus to die for us.
B. Believe in their motives despite their actions.
Paul the great Apostle said – the things I want to do, I don’t, and the things I don’t want to do, I end up doing.
I thank God continually for friends who believe in me even when I do things I later regret.
C. Believe in their dreams while helping them sort out their dust.
Most of us have dreams that are still some way off.
I am the product of people who saw my dreams and helped me believe in them while rearranging the dust of circumstances gone wrong.
Dreams drag people through the dust of present challenges. Find out peoples dreams and believe in them.
Believing in people simply gives them hope – and hope is everything in life.
