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Choose one of the four lessons discussed in this lecture and explain how you can use it to improve your abilities as a leader. Provide specific examples.
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“Do NOT allow the benefits of leadership to blind you!” I love this because it is a gentle reminder to stay humble and although you can do something, you need to always be in God’s will and be obedient to the Spirit as a leader. I can not allow position or platform to blind me and I begin to make much of my self. I have to constantly pray John 3:30, allowing Christ to increase and myself to decrease!
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Solomon would be my example for improvement. God had uniquely gifted Solomon to lead. as I feel he has me, yet Solomon let other things, his own fleshy desires, prevent him from being the leader God intended him to be. This lesson reinforced the fact that the wisdom we have is a gift of God through the Holy Spirit. It is so easy for Satan to beguile us with the very gift we request from God. This reminds me of James 3:14-18 where God contrast the two types of wisdom. One earthly and demonic the other heavenly. It’s like Solomon took the wisdom God gave him and used to fulfill earthly, fleshly desires. How dangerous and destructive. My big learning is that the wisdom God has given me as a leader must be evidenced by the proof of James 3:17-18 “17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
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The key to becoming a good leader in anything you do is following after God’s Heart. If we focus on pleasing God in the decisions we make and not trying to appease those around us, our leadership path will lead to success for ourselves and those under our leadership.
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God puts leaders in place for a reason.
I, for one, never viewed myself as a leader. I didn’t want to lead. I wanted to follow. For whatever reason(s), I felt inadequate to lead.
Over the years, I have either been put into leadership positions or have been looked to by others as a leader. I have not always been faithful in the positions I have been put in. However, God must have put me there for reasons that were beyond me. Hopefully, this course will help equip me for those opportunities in the future.