Spirit of Leadership

THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT things, to make things better for people, just as God does. The Creator uses his power to produce what is good, and we are meant to do the same. OMNISCIENCE The Creator is also omniscient or all-knowing. Because we have his nature, we have the facility to understand and retain knowledge. I believe that we are capable of learning as much as we want to. In this sense, our ability to learn is infinite. Moreover, we can never grow too old to learn. We have the capacity to know more than we think we can. This means that whatever you’ve learned so far is not enough for you to know. Our ability to know is inherent, and any perceived limitation of this ability is based on our con clusion that we’ve learned all that we can or want to know. Yet this is not all that we are able to know. We have a long way to go in order to match our potential for knowledge. Paul of Tarsus said that a day will come when we will meet our Creator face-to-face, and then we will “know as we are known.” We can begin that process now. For example, although I can’t bodily go into the heavenlies to commu nicate with and learn from God, I have the capacity to do this in my spirit. We need to be more aware of our ability to know our Creator and the world that he has made. OMNIPRESENCE The third attribute of God is that he is omnipresent. This means that he is everywhere and that there is no place in heaven, the universe, or on earth that threatens or intimidates him. Here is how I apply this attribute to our

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