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Have the presence of God. I am referring here to a leader who is also a Christian. This thought came to me recently when I was considering the success of Moses’ leadership. I realised that the key to his success was having access to God’s presence. Moses was a very ‘unwilling’ leader initially, but the more of God he had, the more he became confident as a leader.
There are of course many people in the world today (world leaders, business leaders, politicians etc) who we may admire as leaders but in this article I am measuring leadership by God’s yardstick, which of course is different from the way the word would view it. This is different from all the qualities we read about in books that tell us how to be a successful leader.
To be an effective leader in the eyes of God you must be able to access God’s presence so that whatever challenges come your way (and Moses certainly had many of those), you will be able to handle them. You will also be able to take decisive action when required. Moses obtained his mantle of leadership from God and the key to his success was accessing God’s strength and power. If you look at Moses’ successor, Joshua, you will also realise that he was a successful man. The secret to Joshua’s success is the same as that of Moses – the presence of God made all the difference
hus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent ( Exodus 33:11).
Whilst Joshua was in God’s presence, God was inculcating something to Joshua. As he abided in the presence, God was speaking, showing him things, honing his character, preparing him to lead the people of Israel into the Promised Land. It was those times in the presence of God that trained and tempered Joshua to be the leader he later became.
As a leader, accessing God’s presence on a constant basis is a level above just having a quiet time and reading a few portions of scripture. It’s about developing your divine communication channels with the Lord or simply put being a friend of God, to the extent that you can hear God’s heartbeat and know what to do in every situation.
On a final note, to judge whether you are an effective leader, you need to ask yourself, ‘do I have the presence of God’? Please note that I am not referring here to God’s general presence as Jesus said ‘Lo, I am with you always even until the end of time’, but I am referring to having such an intimate presence with God and that only comes by actively crying out for His presence. Being filled with His presence is not a one off event but we are encouraged to keep on drawing water from the well of salvation
Hope you have found this week’s post insightful, so until I appear again in your inbox soon, stay blessed
Ola
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