Godly Leadership is from God - Hold it Loosely

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Nebuchadnezzar battles King Zedekiah of Judah ...Image via Wikipedia"Saint John the Baptist" (c.1560) by...Image via Wikipedia
  • The Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and he gives them to whoever he wishes.
  • Leadership is a stewardship that is temporary and can be taken away; we are always accountable.
  • God puts people in leadership.
  • People love to follow humble leaders.
  • There is a self-centeredness involved in leadership that is inherent - the question is how do we deal with this? We deal with this by waking up every morning and say, "the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and he gives them to whoever he wishes."
  • Many of us have worked with leaders that get arrogant, that started out great and that are Christians, but they get so arrogant and it hurts them.
  • Men and women get caught up in their own press release.
  • Read Daniel chapters 4 and 5 about Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar.
This story should liberate us as leaders - three words:

Diligent - If you are truly a leader called by God, and God put you where you are, then you are there because God wanted you there. That means you need to get up and lead with all of the diligence that you can because the sovereign God of the universe knows where you are and put you there. God has put you where he's put you. You may not know the purpose, but you lead with all of your heart and with diligence for these reasons. This principle should liberate you.

Fearless - if this is true, who do you need to be afraid of? If God has called you and gifted you and placed you, then who should you fear? This is why you get up everyday with this sense of clarity and think, "I am not working for men, I am accountable and responsible to men, but God placed me here and that is who I work for."

Humility - of all the leaders in the world, our hallmark should be humility - we should reek with humility because we wake up every morning and realize that God put us in the place that we are in. You are where you are because in some sovereign way God placed you where you are and he can take this away any time - this should liberate you and allow you to lead fearlessly.
  • John the Baptist, Jesus, King David; these leaders stepped out of the way because they knew God was in control.
  • Lead with all your heart, without fear, and with humility.

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