Great leaders always seem to be on the lookout.  What mediocre people consider everyday experiences, they approach as a sort of safari:
Can they spot a new idea to implement while waiting in line at Starbucks?  A good title for that sermon in a series that’s coming up in 3 months while browsing in Borders?  They’ll have a sub-par experience with a waitress at Chili’s, and rather than letting it ruin their day, they take notes and come back and revamp 4 things to improve their own business or ministry based on that bad encounter.

The more I live life on the lookout, the more I like it!  Entire sermon series have been birthed by one line in a movie.  I have been inspired to make a major change in a standard operating protocol by something I experienced in Target.  My friend Perry  got an idea for a sermon listening to 80s rock during a workout-and during that sermon, hundreds of people were saved.  My friend J.D. would sooner be caught naked than to be caught without his little notebook to jot ideas that come to him.  It kind of makes him look nerdy, but dang, the boy is smart.  And I’ll bet he gathers enough scraps during any given day to create quite a spread when it comes time for him to write, preach, or lead in new directions.
Jesus would take a disappointing interaction with a fig tree and preach a hellfire and brimstone sermon that His disciples would never forget…again, always on the lookout.
Other examples of this in the life of Christ abound.  Do a study.  It’s fascinating. 

Extraordinary ideas are hiding in ordinary places.  Train your eyes to envision them and your spirit to sense them.
Living life on the lookout is a lot of fun.