Here’s a little nugget of wisdom from Brad Cooper, Student Pastor at NewSpring Church.

“You cant lead people to where you aren’t going…. (that’d be called ‘telling’ not ‘leading’)… I learned how to play ‘follow the leader‘ at a young age…  i get frustrated when im asked to play ‘follow the teller‘…. “

Wow.  That really extends a sharp tongue to all leaders and would-be leaders out there.  Being a leader is just that, leading; taking the first steps and treading the ground before anyone else.  It’s the leaders’ responsibility to gauge the situation, via observation and experience, and bring his followers in behind him, boldly and with confidence.