ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL LEADER?
Memorise: This is a true
saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1st
Timothy 3:1
Read: Mark 10:35-44; Bible in
one Year: 1 Samuel 13:8-14:46, Proverbs 5:7-23
Leadership is a subject
everyone talks about. It’s a pity however that only few understand it. Most
people want to be leaders but only few achieve it. What is leadership? What is
spiritual leadership? It can be deducted from today’s Bible reading that
spiritual leadership is not the same as inordinate ambition. Inordinate
ambition denotes canvassing for promotion with the motive of being seen and
approved of by men. Such a person desires to be popular, to stand tall among
one’s contemporise and to exercise control over others. It is perilous to put
an ambitious man in office. Ambitious men enjoy the powers that money or
authority gives. They lobby for promotion and are carnally minded. This kind of
attitude is strongly discouraged by the scriptures (1 Peter 5:2-3). God and men
are constantly searching for leaders who are willing to suffer for the sake of
objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. There is a rising
need for leadership that is authoritative, spiritual and sacrificial. Spiritual
leadership is not won by promotion but by many prayers and tears. It is
attained by confession of sin, soul searching and a humble attitude before God.
It is attained by self-surrender, a courageous elimination of every idol, a
bold, undying, uncompromising and uncomplaining embrace of the cross, and also
by an eternal, unfaltering focus on
Jesus Christ. It is not gained by seeking great things for ourselves, but
rather by counting all things as loss for Christ. Are you a spiritual leaders?
Follow the master principles of effective leadership.
What are the master’s master
principle for effective leadership? The
first is the principles of effective leadership? The first is the
principle of independence. Jesus voluntarily emptied Himself, surrendering His
privileges and the independent exercise of His will to God. His dependence upon
the Father was voluntary (Philippians 2:7). Secondly, there is the principle of
approved of God. To excel as a spiritual leader, you need the approval of the
Almighty (Acts 2:22). The third principle is the principle of modesty. Christ
was modest. A spiritual leader should not be strident and flamboyant, but
modest and unassuming. Fourthly, we have the principle of empathy. Leadership
involves being sympathetic and understanding with the weak and erring. The
fifth principle is the principle of optimism. Jesus was full of faith.
Leadership requires hope and optimism since a true servant of God battles with
the powers of darkness. A pessimism since a true servant of God battles with
the powers of darkness. A pessimist cannot make an inspiring leader. The sixth
principle is the principle of the anointing. Christ was anointed with the Holy
Ghost and power. Leadership requires a touch of supernatural (Acts 10:38).
Action Point
Decide to follow the Master’s
master principles of effective leadership today.
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