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Name some leaders today you respect and are willing to follow. These may be in government, at church, at work, or even within your family.
What is it about them that makes you willing to follow them?
Do they all do things the same way? Then what sets them apart?
Are all leaders spiritual? No. Then is leadership a spiritual gift? I would assert
that it is. Despite all we know about what it takes to be a good leader, there is an intangible quality that sets a gifted leader apart. They touch something in our spirit that make us willing to follow them, even anxious to follow them.
But we often misuse this gift, for it comes with a real temptation: Power. There is a real temptation to think it is ours, not a gift from God.
If we have this gift, we probably realize it. People come to you. People look to you for guidance, inspiration, direction and leadership.
Properly used, leadership is a powerful witnessing gift, use it well.
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