Do you know how to become a Godly leader?

Deuteronomy 17:18-20 (NASBStr)

“Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

It is amazing how many times you can read a portion of the Bible and never remember reading it, seeing it, or observing the lesson found in that passage.  Such is the above passage.  Here is a portion of Scripture that jumped as it was read.   God knew that the nation of Israel would clamor for a king.  He knew they would want to be like the world and want a physical leader to look up to and "follow" (worship?).   So, in the Law He gave them guidelines about this king, even though He knew that very king would lead the people away from Him.  In this passage we see that the king, to keep him on track with God, was to not just keep a copy of this Law in front of him and remember to use it, was to actually write out the law in the presence of the Levites.   This was to be done so that he would always remember and do the words that are found in the law.   In the story of the kings of Israel you have a time when King Josiah, at at a very young age, was read the law and it produced a revival in the land.  Did Josiah read this just before the revival that occurred in 2 Kings 23? It is possible.   The key to learn here is that leadership, to follow God, must know the Book and must be in the Book to be a great and godly leader.   Those in leadership should make it a practice to write out the Word.  They should make it a practice to memorize and mediate on the Word.  That is how you get quality leadership.   It is not the nature content of the man that makes a great leader.  It is the content that is poured in.   When God's Word goes in, Godly leadership comes out.