A friend of mine, a few years ago, gave me a plaque that says: "I must hurry, there go my people and i am their leader." Too often we think that leadership is position. Actually leadership is influence! Everybody is a leader of some influence. I want to be a leader of Godly influence. Who are you influencing? You are a leader! Are you influencing someone with Godly values? Be a leader in your home, with you family on your job, in your community and at your church. Influence people with Godly values and action.
God bless you,
PJ
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Having been in a position of leadership, it is a tough assignment. One has to balance the relationship between those in authority over you and those you are responsible for. As the Bible teaches us, leadership is servant hood, and a leader should serve those they lead. Both in leading them with character and integrity and in leading them in the direction higher authority wants. A supervisor class I took taught that a supervisor should actually work for their employees. Unfortunately, many times in this age, leadership is taken as an opportunity to take advantage of those under the leader. There is either a lack of responsibility for those to be led or an assumption of power over them. I come back to the daily communication with my Father who teaches me to be humble before him and a representative of Him. Seeking His guidance through the Word, leads me to be a true leader for Him. Now that I am no longer a supervisor or manager of people, this does not let me off the hook to strive for the principles of leadership in the Bible. I have family, children and grandchildren who look to me for leadership, sometimes whether they think they do or not. And regardless if they look to me or not, I still must portray Godly leadership. It is a tough assignment, but God teaches us how to do it. Father help me pay attention to your leadership role and to emulate it for others.
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