Leadership

December 23, 2009 in Short(e)r by Stephan Joubert

written by Stephan Joubert

Everything stands or falls with leadership. That’s what the experts say. Although this remark is only 50% true, it’s still a mouth-full. Leaders are those who simultaneously have the gift and the capability to influence others. Leadership is to lead people onto new routes of life. It’s to take people with you toward a new dream. It’s to unite teams and groups so that they can reach new territory. Don’t think leadership is automatically settled in the right titles or positions. Leaders are those that use their talents and capabilities to change ideas and to transform hearts. That’s why leaders should have enough time to be alone with the Lord — to allow the Lord to grind out their own character. Leaders with cracks in their personalities leave people in a lurch at critical moments. Strong moral leadership is vitally important in our day. Men and women with integrity before God, and before people, are needed urgently.