2 Samuel 23:2-4
“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.
The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling in the fear of God,
he dawns on them like the morning light,
like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
Tag: Leadership
In the closing chapters of 2 Samuel we have the final accounts of David's leadership. After the above verse the writer will outline the "mighty men" who fought with and for King David. They are men who were the best of the best. They were men who would and did anything for David. David solicited their following. These are men who, at the first, were not very pleasing men (see 1 Samuel 16-25). In the above verses, however, God gives us the "why" behind the follower-ship David solicited. David "feared" the Lord and acted justly. We know David did some wrong things. We read them repeatedly in God's Word. However, the above verse gives us the formula for great leadership. It is not our own ability that produced great leadership, it is who we serve and who we follow. If we want to lead we can read good books, we can emulate great leaders and we can look within to see how God designed us. But, the most important thing any leader can do is to make sure they fear God.
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