Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

A COMPELLING DESTINATION FOR YOUR LIFE Leadership is not the accomplishment of a list of goals because goals are temporary. True leadership is manifested when you discover a destination for your life that is so com pelling that you will have completed your purpose for living once you accomplish it. Passion is a key to leadership because your desire is meant to be your destiny. David, the great Israelite king, wrote in one of his psalms, “Delight yourself in the L ORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Our purposes and passions are the perpetual ideas, dreams, thoughts, and visions that fill our hearts or subconscious minds. When we delight in our relationship with our Creator, he will give us the desires that preoccupy our subconscious minds every day. This is because he has “hidden” his will inside each of us. If you want to discover God’s will for your life, then look at what you desire to accomplish—the hopes and dreams that never seem to leave you. The Creator places his desires in our hearts or subconscious minds and then promises to fulfill them. Your passion is supposed to come from that hidden treasure of desire that he has put within you. You know that you have tapped into your leader ship potential when you are actively involved in the things you want to do so much that you can’t stop thinking about them. Sometimes, it’s not easy for us to recognize the source of our life’s passion because our desires are often bigger than P ASSION IS KEY TO LEADERSHIP BECAUSE YOUR DESIRE IS MEANT TO BE YOUR DESTINY .

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