Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP leadership spirit: When you read about the life of Jesus, you sense that he could be anywhere and be comfortable. He was equally at ease in the presence of high officials, the poor, his family, his disciples, and anyone else he met. A true leader has the capacity to adapt to and function among any group of people effectively.

I F YOU WANT TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND YOURSELF , YOU MUST KNOW G OD .

In addition, as I said earlier, you can put a natural leader anywhere on earth, and in a matter of time, he is in charge of his environment. His environment doesn’t control him; he controls it. Again, because we are made in the image of our Creator, we have the ability to dominate our environments. We can control and govern them instead of becoming vic tims of them. But we have to first discover that we have this ability because of the Source from which we came. INTEGRITY The fourth attribute of God is his absolute integrity. This means that he is always pure in his motives and inten tions. In essence, God is always and completely integrated or one with himself. His intent, words, and actions are one with himself. This is also the concept of being holy. It means that what he says, what he does, and who he is are one and the same. In God, there is no contradiction. True leaders are honest. There is no manipulation or deception in their dealings with others or their pursuit of their visions. True leaders possess candor and sense of self. They are true to themselves first and then to others.

114