Leaders Domain

Leaders Domain

Job vacancies always has a part of it that specify qualification for the position advertised. The purpose for listing the qualifications is to ensure that only those who have the training, experience or temperament would apply.

God is seeking candidates to fill openings in His kingdom. Through the centuries, He has called willing servants to follow Him into full-time ministry and lay leadership. However, God does have requirements for those entrusted with such responsibilities.

Make no mistake… God created you to be a leader. The enemy never relents in making people feel they are not fit to be leaders. The real question is what does God think about you being a leader, how does God see you…? In Eph. 2:10, Paul said that we are God’s masterpiece. Not only are you God’s masterpiece He has great plans and work for you. You have much influence in life than you know. You are a leader.

As a leader, you must set the right kind of example. There is always someone watching you. It is a basic requirement that a Christian leader is accepting Christ as Lord and saviour and being filled with the Holy Spirit to bring about transformation from within. A Godly leader accepts weaker members of the body and helps them along the way.

A Godly leader has no followers or people that sing their praise, all they have are people following Jesus and he/she as the leader tries to lead them in that direction. For a Christian “A good leader motivates, doesn't mislead, doesn't exploit.’’ (Proverbs 16:10 MSG).

Godly leaders share their roles with others in the body of Christ, as they are able. Some lead with their natural abilities - given by God; others, by demonstrating behaviours that please God, some through wisdom and knowledge, received from God, impart with grace to others skill and understanding , some by encouraging others, some others by exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The list goes on, each leading in a different way. All are unique according to God’s will and all have fundamental but specific directions on how to follow Jesus’ lead effectively.

Godly leaders do not retain the ‘position indefinitely’. Jesus wants all of us to share the burden of leadership according to our abilities and the gifts God gives us. Whether we like it or not, the body of Jesus Christ is not made up of lone rangers, each racing ahead at whatever speed and with whatever result each can achieve. We cannot achieve perfection alone; we must help one another toward the goal. We must do it together or we fail.