What Does a Real Successful Leader Look Like? Pt 3
a real, successful leader will be vulnerable…authentic…self-motivated and faith driven: all great things to see in those that you follow.
Here's another one you will find;
#4 Prayerful
Real successful leaders are prayerful…their lives are full
of prayer. They know how to find strength AND tap into it. Let me say it like
this:
its one thing to find strength and another thing totally
when strength finds you. Prayer is the activator…the connector to the conduit
by which the divine intel from God can be downloaded.
Read verses 7-17 of 1 Samuel 30:
7 Then
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.”
Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired of the Lord,
“Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?”
“Pursue them,” he
answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”
9 David and the six hundred men with him came
to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind. 10 Two hundred of
them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four
hundred continued the pursuit.
11 They found an Egyptian in a field and
brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat— 12 part
of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for
he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13 David asked him, “Who do you belong to?
Where do you come from?”
He said, “I am an
Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill
three days ago. 14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, some
territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag.”
15 David asked him, “Can you lead me down to
this raiding party?”
He answered, “Swear to
me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I
will take you down to them.”
16 He led David down, and there they were,
scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the
great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and
from Judah. 17 David fought them from dusk until the evening of the
next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off
on camels and fled.
David asked the Lord about specifics: should I pursue…will I
win…is this what you want God? Many of our own difficulties could be by-passed
if we would take a moment to pass it by the Lord and inquire of His purpose and
plan in what is going on around us.
Let’s recap: real successful leaders are completely
vulnerable. They are genuine, authentic, self-motivated and driven by great
faith in a personal God. They find strength through a life filled with prayer.
All of this leads them to rise from the ashes…walk through the valleys and
settle above the circumstances.
The end result of “pulling this together” is…
#5 David recovered
all.
Say that out loud DAVID RECOVERED ALL. How much did he recover? ALL! Every single thing that was lost was found! Amen!
To recover is to return to the normal state of health, mind
and strength. It’s as if none of the bad things ever even happened.
Some of us have had moments or maybe are in
that moment now when we are finding it hard to believe that life could ever be
normal again. You may be weeping uncontrollably. Your spirit may be riddled
with anxiety and despair. You may be find yourself in the place where all you can think about
is what’s no longer there. How about taking some counsel from a person like
David… a man after God’s own heart? Stop waiting on the pastor to encourage
you. Don’t count on the worship team to bring you out of the pit. Encourage yourself in
the Lord. Find strength there. If you lack the wisdom for the situation…ask God for it. God pours out wisdom liberally.
The story is great if we stopped right there but let me throw a
bonus point in…one more character trait of a great leader...
#6 share the victories
Real successful leadership includes others.Your story of His strength empowering you through the
darkness and despair is so beneficial to others and will be used to build His
kingdom even more.
Read verses 21-25
21 Then
David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and
who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the
men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were. 22 But all the evil men and
troublemakers among David’s followers said, “Because they did not go out with
us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may
take his wife and children and go.”
23 David replied, “No, my
brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has
protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against
us. 24 Who will listen to
what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the
same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” 25 David made this a statute and
ordinance for Israel from that day to this.
Some of David’s men
didn’t even participate in the battle but they were invited to participate in
the spoils. God will preserve, protect and provide for ALL our needs. He
heals you so you can become a change agent to heal others. He blesses you so
that you can be generous and bless others. He designed you to be a follower of
Him and a leader of this world.
Vulnerable, authentic, self-motivated and faith-driven,
prayerful, generous…
This is what the real successful leader looks like. And its
how YOU should look too:)
