There\u2019s a dichotomy that every influencer has to face, we must be patient and prayerful, but not passive.\xa0 People who excel at patience also tend to be passive.\xa0 Conversely, people who aren\u2019t passive also tend to not be patient.\xa0 In scripture God often gives a burden or calling in a way that requires patience before action.\xa0 Yet, when the patient person is called to action or the action person is called to patience, they both feel the same thing\u2026tension.\xa0 We want to resolve the tension, but the tension is good. When we resolve the tension too quickly, we lose something.\xa0 For the patient person it might be we dismiss it and never act.\xa0 For the action person it may be jumping in without a plan and without a dependence on God.\xa0 When we manage the dichotomy of being patient but not passive it creates an opportunistic dependency which is the bedrock of uncommon influence.