Spirit of Leadership

THE RESTORATION OF THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT leadership—in other words, a nation of kings, a company of rulers. The question then arises, “How does this type of leadership work?” The answer is in the concept of the servant leadership principle. Each human being comes to earth with a specific gift, talent, and strength of ability. Each is to serve that gift to the others through subduing the material resources of creation and thus becoming a servant to everyone else. He or she becomes a leader in that specific area of strength. As we saw earlier, this principle of servant leader ship was expressed by the ultimate leader, Jesus Christ, when he was asked about leadership positioning. Thus, the Creator’s design of a corporate leadership can be summed up in the phrase “Every person a leader.” Every human being, according to the Creator’s mandate, was designed by him to be a leader in an area of gifting. We must understand this truth if we’re to fulfill the Creator’s purpose: The command to have dominion over the earth was given to all of humanity. It wasn’t given to a few select people, and it wasn’t given to males alone. Both males and females are leaders, according to our Creator. God is described as King of kings. He is not the king of slaves but of rulers who reign with him according to his purposes. His plan for humanity is that each one be a king—a ruler over an area of gifting in creation. G OD IS DESCRIBED AS K ING OF KINGS , NOT KING OF SLAVES .

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