In his book, You Don’t Need a TITLE to be a Leader, Mark Sanborn quotes Philip of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great: “An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.” Sanborn says, “An army of lions led by a lion is to be feared most of all, for it is unstoppable.”

I would simply add the word “chasers”

One of my prayers for In a Pit with a Lion on Snowy Day is that it would have a trickle-down effect. I really believe that God wants to raise up a generation of lion chasers that don’t just run away from evil but chase God-sized dreams! But that starts with lion chasing leaders!

I keep thinking of what Tommy Barnett said this past weekend: you can’t reach people who have more vision than you. The same is true of courage. If we as leaders chase lions then our people will have the courage to do the same! If we don’t they won’t.