Kings in the Meantime

MEANTIME IS A MOTHER! They dont call it mean time for nothing. Meantime is the period of time between directives and destiny, promise and fulfillment, contract and deliverables! For people offended by my statement above, lets just call it transition. Dr. Lance Wallnau, a Christian leadership and change agent, defines transition as, When Im going through hell, but I think God is in it (Wallnau, The 7 Mountain Mandate, Volumes 1, 2, 3). Herein lies the secret of getting through my mean times. When I was going through hell, I couldnt help but wonder whether or not God was in it, and if He was, then what was He doing? My mean times were getting to be so frequent and long that I started studying those bad boys in hopes of understanding how to move through them more quickly so I could get on with my life. Being the competitive person that I am, I started studying my mean times to find out my weaknesses. I looked at my weak spots so I could master them instead of them mastering me. I found out that there is both an art and a science to getting through the meantime. What do I mean by that? Well scientifically speaking, meantime has patterns which can be studied, and that means, they can be understood. The patterns show me clues, and possibly even help cut some mean times off completely. Thats the science of it understanding the nature and psychology of mean times so you can get through, and even get ahead in them and move on with your life. I also believe theres an art to getting through the mean times. Mean times or times of adversity seem to be one of the strongest indicators of leadership! Have you ever noticed how the people we admire most are those whose lives are marked by overcoming adversity or those who have come out of a series of difficult times? Meantime seems to be the mark of great leadership! Think about it. You dont see people studying anyone who had it easy and never experienced going through difficulty. People usually want to hear from someone whos been there and done that and has the scars and the wounds to show for it, so they can help you avoid the rough spots, or get out of the pit. In my new book, Kings in the Meantime: Winning in Your Toughest Season, I found that meantime usually indicates something big or very great is about to happen, and that something could go either way, depending on how I handle it. In order to handle it well, I found out it was important for me to intricately understand and integrate who I am with what I am, and integrate what I am with why I am in all aspects of my life. You see, most people dont know the answers to those questions, so they just move from point A to point B, never really putting the clues together. They really cant maneuver through the mean times well because these pieces are not integrated. In the final analysis, they miss opportunity because meantime is about opportunity! Times of adversity seem to follow kings, people of great potential for impact and influence....