Exodus 18
We are walking today: The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 7 Trapped Inside of Every Follower Is A Hidden Leader!!!!
We are walking today: The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 7 Trapped Inside of Every Follower Is A Hidden Leader!!!!
Witness hide throughout the Bible: H5956 alam--to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret
Psalm 31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Torah: Leviticus 20:4; Deuteronomy 22:1
Prophets: Isaiah 1:15, 58:7
Writings: Job 42:3; Psalm 55:1; Proverbs 28:27
Proverbs 2:1
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.
INTEGRITY
The fourth attribute of God is his absolute integrity. This means that he is always pure in his motives and intentions. 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. The leadership spirit is the essence of the spirit-man, who can comprehend his identity only from relating to his Source. This relationship should be natural and mutually fulfilling. God and man belong together, and therefore the presence of God is man’s natural and ideal environment.
The first man, Adam, was created in God’s presence and enjoyed spiritual relationship with his Creator as a natural experience, not as a “religious” one. Adam didn’t have to try to get into God’s presence. He didn’t need to perform sophisticated religious customs or rituals. In the first book written by Moses, it is recorded that Adam “walked and talked with God in the cool of the day.” True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
The restoration of the leadership spirit also brings a level of confidence that is not common, and that, in the eyes of many, seems to come from another world. Your thinking and perception come from a higher plane. When Jesus was on trial before the Roman procurator Pilate, the ruler asked him, “Are you a king?” He answered, “My kingdom is not of this world.” In other words, “My government is from another place.” When a person rediscovers the leadership spirit, his confidence emerges from an understanding of who and what he is and an awareness of his true capacity and abilities. This natural confidence, grounded in a conviction of self-discovery and self-awareness, is so sure that it is sometimes mistaken for arrogance by the insecure.
The Spirit of Leadership Demonstrates Internal Soundness and Security
When you rediscover the leadership spirit, you love and are comfortable with yourself because you become aware that your self-worth, self-esteem, and self-concept are the result of the fact that you were made in God’s image and possess his qualities and characteristics. Suddenly, you’re not trying to compensate for a sense of inadequacy or inferiority, and you’re not trying to use or abuse people to make yourself feel superior. This is why discovering the leadership spirit is a prerequisite to serving. If you never discover who you are, you will always misinterpret the attitudes and actions of others. You’ll also underestimate everyone else—you’ll consider them less than what they really are because you’ll want to feel that you are above them. You will “under-esteem” them. However, you will treat people well and esteem them highly when you rediscover the leadership spirit and are secure in yourself.
The Leadership Spirit Possesses a Natural Love for All Human Beings
This will naturally lead you to the revelation that all humans are created in God’s image and likeness, and therefore possess the same value, worth, and estimation as yourself. If each individual bears the same image of God that you do, then it becomes impossible to separate his image in man from himself. In essence, it is not possible to say that you love God but hate mankind, for this becomes a contradiction. You will have a natural love for others because you will perceive that you and they are essentially the same.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LOVE GOD BUT HATE MANKIND.
We see this principle in the following expressions spoken by Jesus: Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
CHAPTER PRINCIPLES
1. To exercise leadership, you must believe that you are inherently a leader.
2. The leadership spirit is the inherent leadership capacity and potential that is the essential nature of human beings.
3. The spirit of leadership is the mind-set or attitudes that accompany a true leadership spirit and allow the dormant leadership potential to be fully manifested and maximized.
4. Trapped within every follower is a hidden leader
5. Our leadership capacity is buried under social, cultural, and ideological perceptions that restrict, discourage, and hinder its manifestation.
6. The leadership spirit is the intrinsic capacity of the human spirit to lead, manage, and dominate, which was placed there at the point of creation and made necessary by the purpose and assignment for which man was created.
7. Leadership is not something that human beings have to strive for; it is something that is inherent within us because of our purpose and design.
8. When we become our true selves, we will naturally be leaders. If something is created to do something, it is designed with the ability to do it.
9. Humanity was designed with the natural components or “circuitry” to dominate its environment.
10. God’s requirement that we dominate is evidence that the ability to lead is inherent in every human spirit.
11. The secret to leadership greatness is in serving others. To become the great leader that you were created and destined to become, you must discover your unique inherent gift and assignment (your original purpose) and serve that to the world of mankind.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;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.
INTEGRITY
The fourth attribute of God is his absolute integrity. This means that he is always pure in his motives and intentions. 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. The leadership spirit is the essence of the spirit-man, who can comprehend his identity only from relating to his Source. This relationship should be natural and mutually fulfilling. God and man belong together, and therefore the presence of God is man’s natural and ideal environment.
The first man, Adam, was created in God’s presence and enjoyed spiritual relationship with his Creator as a natural experience, not as a “religious” one. Adam didn’t have to try to get into God’s presence. He didn’t need to perform sophisticated religious customs or rituals. In the first book written by Moses, it is recorded that Adam “walked and talked with God in the cool of the day.” True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
The restoration of the leadership spirit also brings a level of confidence that is not common, and that, in the eyes of many, seems to come from another world. Your thinking and perception come from a higher plane. When Jesus was on trial before the Roman procurator Pilate, the ruler asked him, “Are you a king?” He answered, “My kingdom is not of this world.” In other words, “My government is from another place.” When a person rediscovers the leadership spirit, his confidence emerges from an understanding of who and what he is and an awareness of his true capacity and abilities. This natural confidence, grounded in a conviction of self-discovery and self-awareness, is so sure that it is sometimes mistaken for arrogance by the insecure.
The Spirit of Leadership Demonstrates Internal Soundness and Security
When you rediscover the leadership spirit, you love and are comfortable with yourself because you become aware that your self-worth, self-esteem, and self-concept are the result of the fact that you were made in God’s image and possess his qualities and characteristics. Suddenly, you’re not trying to compensate for a sense of inadequacy or inferiority, and you’re not trying to use or abuse people to make yourself feel superior. This is why discovering the leadership spirit is a prerequisite to serving. If you never discover who you are, you will always misinterpret the attitudes and actions of others. You’ll also underestimate everyone else—you’ll consider them less than what they really are because you’ll want to feel that you are above them. You will “under-esteem” them. However, you will treat people well and esteem them highly when you rediscover the leadership spirit and are secure in yourself.
The Leadership Spirit Possesses a Natural Love for All Human Beings
This will naturally lead you to the revelation that all humans are created in God’s image and likeness, and therefore possess the same value, worth, and estimation as yourself. If each individual bears the same image of God that you do, then it becomes impossible to separate his image in man from himself. In essence, it is not possible to say that you love God but hate mankind, for this becomes a contradiction. You will have a natural love for others because you will perceive that you and they are essentially the same.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LOVE GOD BUT HATE MANKIND.
We see this principle in the following expressions spoken by Jesus: Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
CHAPTER PRINCIPLES
1. To exercise leadership, you must believe that you are inherently a leader.
2. The leadership spirit is the inherent leadership capacity and potential that is the essential nature of human beings.
3. The spirit of leadership is the mind-set or attitudes that accompany a true leadership spirit and allow the dormant leadership potential to be fully manifested and maximized.
4. Trapped within every follower is a hidden leader
5. Our leadership capacity is buried under social, cultural, and ideological perceptions that restrict, discourage, and hinder its manifestation.
6. The leadership spirit is the intrinsic capacity of the human spirit to lead, manage, and dominate, which was placed there at the point of creation and made necessary by the purpose and assignment for which man was created.
7. Leadership is not something that human beings have to strive for; it is something that is inherent within us because of our purpose and design.
8. When we become our true selves, we will naturally be leaders. If something is created to do something, it is designed with the ability to do it.
9. Humanity was designed with the natural components or “circuitry” to dominate its environment.
10. God’s requirement that we dominate is evidence that the ability to lead is inherent in every human spirit.
11. The secret to leadership greatness is in serving others. To become the great leader that you were created and destined to become, you must discover your unique inherent gift and assignment (your original purpose) and serve that to the world of mankind.
12. The principles of leadership are (1) leadership is predetermined and not a preference; (2) leadership is a prepared position; (3) leadership demands a price; (4) leadership is inherent; (5) leadership is a divine deposit; (6) leadership is not for you but for others; (7) leadership is becoming your true self for the benefit of others.
13. The nature of the leadership spirit includes the following: (1) manager of one’s environment; (2) exerter of influence; and (3) comfortable with power.
14. When Jesus said, “In my Father’s house, there are many mansions,” he was referring to the permanent restoration of our spiritual standing or position with God, which also reestablished our place of authority and power on the Earth.
15. Four essential attributes of the Creator—as well as the leadership spirit—are (1) omnipotence, (2) omniscience, (3) omnipresence, and (4) integrity.
16. The leadership spirit is the essence of the spirit-man, who can comprehend his identity only from relating to his Source.
17. Signs of reconnection with the leadership spirit are (1) a comfortableness in the Creator’s company, (2) an otherworldly confidence, (3) an internal soundness and security, and (4) a natural love for all human beings.
13. The nature of the leadership spirit includes the following: (1) manager of one’s environment; (2) exerter of influence; and (3) comfortable with power.
14. When Jesus said, “In my Father’s house, there are many mansions,” he was referring to the permanent restoration of our spiritual standing or position with God, which also reestablished our place of authority and power on the Earth.
15. Four essential attributes of the Creator—as well as the leadership spirit—are (1) omnipotence, (2) omniscience, (3) omnipresence, and (4) integrity.
16. The leadership spirit is the essence of the spirit-man, who can comprehend his identity only from relating to his Source.
17. Signs of reconnection with the leadership spirit are (1) a comfortableness in the Creator’s company, (2) an otherworldly confidence, (3) an internal soundness and security, and (4) a natural love for all human beings.
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