A New Phase of Leadership: Learning from Oral Roberts

History is full of spirit-empowered leaders from whom we can learn. Oral Roberts's life is a legacy from which we can draw lessons.

When Oral Roberts was young, he received a word from God that would guide his life’s work. However, he immediately began working in the capacity that God told him. Instead, Oral Roberts worked as a pastor for over a decade as he developed into the man God can flow through. According to Clinton’s phases, Oral was in the second phase, doing provisional work for his family, growing in his capacity and faith, and learning more about Jesus’ ministry. During this phase, Oral learned that he was not to follow the earthly examples of the ministers around him. He had to lay aside his desire for approval from the world to pursue God’s approval (Roberts, 2018). Then, Oral Roberts began to seek God by fasting, praying, and reading the Word.

He even describes a moment similar to Jacob’s experience in Genesis 32. Both men were tired of feeling stuck in their phase and would not let go until they received a blessing from God. After that moment with God, Oral Roberts was almost ready for his breakthrough. When he asked God for confirmation of the transition into the next phase of his ministry, it was not enough to receive the anointing; waiting on the Lord for the proper timing is imperative to growing into the leader God created him to be.

Are you ready to break free from the feeling of being stuck, just like Oral Roberts and Jacob? What steps are you willing to take to move into your next phase?

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Reference

Roberts, O. (2018). The Ultimate Voice: God’s still small voice: The clearest and loudest voice you’ll ever hear. XanEdu. https://x2.xanedu.com/course_packs/761372/article/a4navPoint-1/