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Recap of 10/18/09:
In addition to the six qualities essential to good leadership we looked at last week from Oswald Sanders’ book Spiritual Leadership (Discipline, Vision, Wisdom, Decision, Humility, and Humor) are six more qualities: Patience, Biblical patience is victorious endurance not just passive acquiescence to the foibles of life, it is the essential leadership ability of being able to be patience with the weak and the slow learner; Anger, Jesus exhibited holy anger on several occasions (Mark 3:1-5 & Matthew 21:13 for example), “righteous anger is no less noble than holy love,” holy anger is anger that is free from selfishness; Friendship, helps to draw out the best in others, Paul had a wide network of cohorts who shared his vision and his zeal for the Lord; Tact and Diplomacy, they are twin qualities, tact, from tactile, is the ability to have a feel for the proper words, “diplomacy is skill in managing affairs especially in a confused and explosive situation,” both are required of a leader who must often reconcile opposing points of view; Inspirational Power, “the trait of inspiring others to service and sacrifice,” Nehemiah is a great Biblical example of this quality, inspiring the Israelites to complete the wall around Jerusalem which would give them security and more importantly allow them to worship without fear; Dependence on the Holy Spirit, “the other qualities are desirable, this one is indispensable,” “however brilliant a man may be intellectually, however competent an administrator, without this essential equipment he will be incapable of providing truly spiritual leadership.”
