What Does the Bible Say About Leadership?

Much confusion in the Christian life comes from ignoring the simple truth that God is far more interested in building your character than he is anything else. We worry when God seems silent on specific issues such as “What career should I choose?” The truth is, there are many different careers that could be in God’s will for your life. What God car

The Kingdom of Heaven is the same way. Before Jesus trusts us with top secret, highly dangerous missions, He has to see that we are developing in the knowledge of everything the cross of Jesus Christ represents. God has to look at us and see that we take this Christian life seriously, and we live in honor of His name. Committed soldiers of the cros

“Christian leaders are not leaders because they announce a new idea and try to convince others of its worth. They are leaders because they face the world with eyes full of expectation, and with the expertise to take away the veil that covers its hidden potential.”14

In finding yourself in the three biblical images we discussed in this chapter the issue is not whether or not you are a servant, steward or son. You are all of those before Him. The issue is which imagery dominates your daily life and is the motivation of your faith.

The captain of the ship doesn’t hang out in the engine room checking the gauges. He has an engineer for that so he can drive the boat. Moses was the captain and needed to cast the vision and lead the body. Third, when you do all the work yourself, you never develop leaders. Jethro challenges Moses to develop leaders and trust God by giving away som

Servant-leadership “Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave” (Matthew 20:26-27).