The differentiation between Godly and ungodly leaders.
by Shelley Costello on 02/21/15
In all we do and as people who genuinely love others use every opportunity to exhibit love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control and humility. All of those character attributes will help you embrace others and love them for who they are. Turn interaction obstacles into business success in leadership, teamwork, and customer service experiences. If people want to be controlling, manipulative, overbearing, unteachable, arrogant, fault picking and in constant disagreement, and have their way regardless, then it's time to politely tell them you are not a fit and you wish not to have a close friendship or you wish not to engage in business with them.
There are some people who cannot see the visions you see or hear the sounds you hear because the walk with the universe and not God.
Godly leaders have a clear vision of God's purpose and plan. (Nehemia 2:11-12
--Visionaries have the abilities to see what other cannot
The heart of a Godly leader demands a love that will get involved in the struggles and messes that their followers face in life, a love that will confront out of a security drawn from knowing God and His purposes in our lives.
I learned a life-changing trick many years ago. Get into a conversation with the critic and establish that each will speak first. It usually turns away wrath. That only lasts a few moments because unGodly leaders on focus on all they do right. When it gets to the point where they are unable to continue the normal conversation, simply HANG UP!
“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins” (Prov. 29:22 NIV).
An unGodly leader wants credit for a victory—any victory. And they’ll complain until they get it.An unGodly leader is everyone's biggest critic. An unGodly leader is jealous of a Godly leader. When jealousy enters the ring, the fight’s gone too far. Jealousy is one of the most powerful emotions we humans contend with. It has a more far-reaching effect on us than even anger. “Fury is cruel, and anger is a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?” (Prov. 27:4).
A Godly leader will motivate people less and love them more. An unGodly leader will try to motivate more and love people less.
Motivate your people less
“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods’” (Hos. 3:1).
Many leaders who rely on motivation to get their people to produce are like medicine that loses its efficacy over time. Higher dosages, including more valuable rewards, may be required to get the same effect. One leader I know spent years pushing his employees with high-energy meetings, grand incentives, and impassioned persuasion. The staff turnover and personal burnout left his people and him longing for a less tiresome method.
Lead like a humble dictator
As leaders, we can’t force people to be positive all the time.
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8 NIV).
I hope this list helps you see the differentiation between Godly and ungodly leaders.
Remember - God-honoring leaders place extreme importance on values in long-range planning.
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