Here’s my first post from Catalyst 2009, On Your Mark. In the first session Andy Stanley shared about leaving our mark as leaders. Don’t forget to stop by CatalystBackstage.com and check out all the fun and interviews there with Anne & Los.

Leaving Your Mark – Andy Stanley

• Most leaders won’t realize the significance of their mark until long after it has been left.
• In Joshua 5 Joshua encountered an angel standing before him with a drawn sword. God basically told Joshua, “I have not come to be a part of your story. I’m not even here to be a part of Israel’s story. I’m here to find out if you’re willing to be a part of MY story.” Our response to that question will determine the mark we leave behind
• God is not someone who has been invited to play a part on my story. Instead, as a leader I have been privileged to play a part in His.
• Am I willing to submit my leadership gifting to a bigger picture and a larger story?
• Joshua determined that he would not be a man in authority but a man under authority. He would not be a man out to make his mark but a person who would be commited to let God make a mark through him.
• “God takes full responsibility for the life that is wholly devoted to Him.”
• It’s not about the mark you leave. It’s about being in the perfect place so that God can make his mark through you.
• When God does his greatest work through you, you won’t even know it happened.
• Living to make my mark is too small a thing to give my life to. But when God calls us to let him make his mark through us, that is the thing willing to give our life for.