"So what?" to the Will of God in Leadership

In my last post I shared that the communicable attribute of the will of God shapes our view and practice of leadership. In this post I would like to share how this attribute reflected in the image of God in man specifically does make a difference in our functioning of leadership. God approves and determines what he will do, but so what? Here's one implication for leadership:

Implication: I think leadership requires approving and determining results (i.e. goals).

I read this quote in one of those inspirational posters that describes this point: "The ability to succeed requires the realization of what one wants and the passionate desire to attain it." We should determine what we will do and what we will not do. We should plan. We should determine results. We should impose our wills. This involves planning. This involves determining what results we want. This involves resolving to bring about those results. This involves approving those results. This involves determining what is necessary for these results. Here's what Grudem says about this: "We exercise choice and make real decisions regarding the events of our lives. Although our will is not absolutely free in the way God’s is, God has nonetheless given us relative freedom within our spheres of activity in the universe he has created." We make decisions about the events of our lives and then we have power to bring about those decisions.

It's important when we talk about the will of God reflected in mankind that we remember the difference between God's will and our will. I forget where I read this, but this quote balances the the will of God and the will of man: "The main difference between God and man is that God is free from all authority while we are under the authority of God. No plan of ours will go forward apart from God approving that plan. But also nothing will get done unless we lift a finger to do it, sparing a miracle."

But now what? In what ways can we lead differently in light of this idea?