Men of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 8 Men of Torah Walking In His Image!!!!

Exodus 18

We are walking today:  Men of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!!  Part 8 Men of Torah Walking In His Image!!!!

 Witness appoint throughout the Bible:   H7760 suwm--to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix

Exodus 9:5

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And the LORD appointed H7760 a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

Torah: Exodus 21:13; Numbers 4:19

Prophets:  1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 7:10; Isaiah 28:25, 44:7, 61:3; Jeremiah 33:25; Ezekiel 21:19

Writings: 1 Kings 5:9; 2 Kings 18:14; Psalm 78:5; Proverbs 8:29

Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint H7760 themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.”  24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

True leadership is not a method, a technique, or a science but an attitude.

Having the leadership spirit means that you are naturally created to lead. However, the spirit of leadership is essentially different in that it refers to the attitudes, mentality, and mind-set necessary for the leadership spirit to be manifested. Without the spirit of leadership, the leadership spirit will remain dormant. Even though you are naturally a leader, there are some things that you need to discover and develop in order to operate as a leader. You have to choose to fulfill your leadership nature. Even though you are naturally a leader, there are some things that you need to discover and develop in order to operate as a leader. You have to choose to fulfill your leadership nature. leadership is like having a powerful automobile without the knowledge or ability to drive it. It is like a seed that never becomes the tree it was destined to be.

Manifesting the spirit of leadership is a matter of discovering and nurturing your true self so that you naturally evidence your leadership nature.

So you say what is the purpose of this teaching and that is The purpose of this book is to give you two things:

1. The information to discover your leadership nature.

2.The revelation of what it means to develop and live out your leadership potential.

The lion who lived on the farm was always a lion, but because he grew up in an environment that was unnatural to him, he thought he was a sheep. Our environment (for example, our education, social training, cultures, nations, or families) has been defining us and giving us the parameters of what we can and can’t be. The only way to counter this unnatural information is to discover our true selves by seeing a picture of our leadership nature so that we can know who we really are.

DEFINING THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

You cannot rise above the plane of your mental conditioning. To change your life, you must change your mind. We are what we think, and we become what we continue to think.

The spirit of leadership—

• is a mind-set.

• dictates one’s motivation.

• is revealed in one’s response to one’s environment.

• is a perception of oneself and the world.

• is the convictions that regulate one’s thoughts about oneself and one’s world.

• is one’s personal, private philosophy of life.

• is one’s thoughts about oneself and one’s environment.

• is one’s belief system, which controls one’s behavior.

• is the source of one’s actions, which determines the response of the environment. (In other words, your attitude determines how other people treat you and how the world responds to you.)

• is how you interpret the world.

• is your mental conditioning.

THE SOURCE OF OUR THOUGHTS

There is nothing as powerful as a thought or idea, but there is nothing more important than the source of our thoughts. Our thoughts are products of what we have heard or learned. What we derive our thoughts from determines the kind of thoughts we conceive and who we eventually become. If “as a person thinks in his heart, so is he,” then the source from which man gets the thoughts that he thinks is most critical.

The process involves the following:

1. A source transmits its ideas through words or images.

2. Words heard or images seen transmit thoughts and ideas to our minds.

3. Thoughts conceived become ideas.

4. Ideas conceived become ideologies.

5. Ideologies conceived become beliefs.

6. Beliefs conceived become convictions.

7. Convictions conceived become philosophies.

8. Philosophies conceived become lifestyles.

9. Lifestyles determine our destinies.

A careful study of the above process reveals that the most important component is the source of our thoughts. As a result, our mind-sets, attitudes, beliefs, and convictions are generally determined by someone else’s ideas. It is remarkable that you and I can be living what other people think. Therefore, the key to living effectively is receiving your thoughts from the correct source.

When your philosophy, beliefs, thoughts, and convictions are based on the way you were created to think, you will naturally rule over your environment and fulfill your life’s purpose. When they are based on erroneous thinking and attitudes, you will feel frustrated and trapped by your circumstances. This is, unfortunately, the case for many of us.

Creation and Self-Concept

The first thing to consider regarding the source of our thoughts is the relationship between creation and self-concept. Your attitudes are largely a result of your self-concept—the picture you have of yourself. The Most High designed you in his image, and therefore he wants you to have a concept of yourself that is in line with who he is. Families pass down certain genes and traits from one generation to another. Similarly, our Father God passed along his nature to us, and that “family resemblance” is meant to be a reminder of where we come from, to whom we belong, and what we are intended to be.
Our self-concept and self-image are the first reality that must be established in our minds and hearts before we can effectively fulfill our purpose and become the leaders we were created to be. A poor self-image or self-concept will always result in a low valuation of humanity, and it becomes the source of abuse, corruption, oppression, and the need to dominate and control others.

Again, this is why it is so important to note and understand that the first thing God gave humanity in the process of creation was not power, authority, or dominion. The first installation in the creation of the mankind was an image—the image of God. How you see yourself is how you will see everyone else you relate to. You will see all men through your own self-picture. The foundation of leadership is a sound self-image.

Creation and Self-Worth

The Creator made you in his image and likeness, and therefore your value is a reflection of his value. Moreover, leaders value others as they value themselves.

The majority of the people in the world do not have self-worth but “others-worth.” This is the acceptance of the worth others place on you.

YOU WILL NEVER BECOME THE TRUE LEADER you were created to be until you become free from other people’s valuation of you and perception of your worth!!!

The essence of leadership is that you give other people value. In other words, you give them something valuable to contribute to and become involved in. True leadership gives people a cause, a reason for living, and a sense of significance that gives meaning to their lives so that they feel necessary and purposeful. It gives them an outlet for expressing their own gifting. You cannot give significance if you don’t already have it. You cannot lead people where you have not gone yourself.

The Impact of Intrapersonal Attitude on Interpersonal Attitude

In the fifth and last book by Moses, we find these words: “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Jesus Christ, the ultimate leader, repeated this statement when he was asked, in effect. We’ve missed the fact that this is a leadership statement. If you consider his words carefully, he wasn’t telling us to love our neighbors first. He was saying, in effect, that we have to love ourselves first because we can love our neighbors only to the degree that we love ourselves. The command to “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” has to do with discovering the nature of the Creator. If you are pursuing God with everything you have, then you will discover both him and yourself.

John, the first-century writer and disciple of Jesus, wrote these words over two thousand years ago: “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar.” It is impossible to love the Creator and, at the same time, hate those who have been made in his image and likeness. Any negative feeling toward another human is an indication of self hatred. Leaders must first fall in love with themselves; then they can genuinely care about those they lead. You cannot love beyond your self-love. Our disposition toward ourselves and the world comes from our self-estimation.

 Shema Selah  let us pause and consider our self worth--that will establish the worth you place on others!!  Facebook LIVE video

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