Jesus deliberately chose disciples with opposing views, including a zealot and a tax collector, creating built-in conflict. Rather than avoid tension, He led through it by modeling Christ's character. Modern leaders should do the same, praying for discernment and embracing discomfort on their teams.
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capacity. We have to know how— where we need to be developed, and we have to understand how we structure teams. This is why we have to pray. Even Jesus, he was fully God, fully man, but he prayed. He communed with the Father before he picked the 12 disciples. And yet we just say he— this was a, a communing thing, but yet we just like them, like them, like them, put them on them. Ain't no discernment, ain't nothing. But look at this, he picked people— thank you, Holy Spirit, this live on the spot— he picked people that totally opposed one another. He picked people that he was going to have tension with. He picked people that were divided. He put people that were divided. A zealot and a tax collector, they don't go, they probably want to kill each other, but Jesus still picked them. But thank you, Holy Spirit. As I said in the last video, what united them, what united them was Jesus. And sometimes, truthfully, we can't bring things together because we don't look like Jesus. Oh Lord, have mercy. We don't look like Jesus. But anywho, let me die— let me digress. Let me get back on track. Thank you, thank you, Holy Spirit. But, but that's essentially what it is, man. We have to really make sure that we're modeling Christ. We said, I don't want them because there's something ain't right with them. Jesus picked them anyway. He picked Judas. Maybe you need a Judas on your team to help you grow up. Oh my God, I want to pause here, but Pastor Pratt, I'm not because I'm trying to