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