Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP And God said, “Let the land produce living crea tures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Vegetation, birds, and animals, in essence, came from the soil. Fish and other sea creatures were created from the waters, and the stars were produced out of the firma ment. All the wonderful products of creation that we have on Earth consist of whatever their source is, and when they die, they, in effect, return to the components of that source. In the case of plants and animals, they return to the dust from which they came. Why is this principle so important to understanding the leadership spirit? The answer in found in the Creator’s pro cess of creating mankind. When the above aspects of nature were made, the Creator directed his creative speech to the soil, water, or firmament. But when it came to creating the human species, his focus changed. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule [“have dominion”] over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the crea tures that move along the ground.” The most amazing distinction here is that, in his cre ation of mankind, the Creator did not speak to the soil, the water, or the firmament. He spoke to himself, saying, “Let

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