Positive Daily Inspiration – February 19, 2024 – God-Centered Leadership

a gift from www.PositiveChristianity.net

──────────── • ● • ────────────

“An argument rose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest.'”
Luke 9:46-48

May we take our leadership role to a new level by seeking to build up others so they may have a better life.

True leadership puts the focus not on the leader but on the people that he or she is leading.

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf once said, “I have seen so-called leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as forty-four individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of whom wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.”

Harry Truman was one of my favorite presidents. He once said, “How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?

“What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Or formed a committee to think for him?

“What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll?

“It isn’t polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It is right leadership that contains vision.”

A leader should light a fire under people and get them moving in positive God-directed ways. This is the way God leads. God gives you an idea and then lets you achieve it for the good of your soul growth. Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

The disciples of Jesus Christ would have never become anything more than bumbling men had Jesus Christ not gone away. He empowered them. He told them that he would be with them always, but, from the other side of human visibility. The disciples, after witnessing the resurrection, were empowered and strengthened to go forth and change the world.

When you pray for personal success, pray also, that you may be empowered to make other people successful through your success.

It was once said, “He that thinketh he leadeth, but hath no one following, is only taking a walk.”

Realize that you are in this life to not only uplift yourself, but to uplift others. There are many people that put down others so they may feel large. These people are only living in the delusion of what they think is leadership. A true leader is God-centered. The God-centered leader loves and cares for the people that she or he is leading. A true leader enjoys the success of another, as much, or more, than their own success.

Marlene Dietrich once said of Orson Welles, “When I talk to him, I feel like a plant that’s been watered.” Do people feel watered when they are near you?

You may say, “But I am not in a leadership role.” Everyone is in a leadership role if they choose to be. Decide today to uplift at least one other person before night falls. Decide to give another person vision of their potential. Decide to listen to a person valuing them by your attention. Give the ultimate gift of yourself to another person through a kind word, a smile or compliment. Do not let this day pass without taking a leadership role in uplifting another person.

If you are in leadership presently, or management, realize that there is something more important than just looking to the bottom line of profits. It is the importance of the investment, and the return on your investment, of people working under you. You are where you are to make sure that they can become the biggest success that they choose to be.

My definition of the word “minister” is, “a professional lover of people.” Every successful minister that I have ever known loves his or her people, and empowers them through that love. Every ultra-successful business person that I have known or read about does the same. A good example was Sam Walton. He was known affectionately by his employees as “Mr. Sam.” He never referred to his employees as employees; he called them his beloved employees. He was once asked the secret of his success, and he stated simply, “Stay in touch with your people and love them.”

Too many businesspeople, and boards of directors, focus too much attention on themselves and not enough on the true strength of the team. The people working for you, or around you, can make or break you. If you use your position in a God-centered way, then you will be watering the people in your organization and you will cause tremendous growth through their health and creativity.

_______________________________________

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, I pray that I’m ordained to leadership.
I pray that my leadership is based on You leading me.
I pray that my leadership is based on You loving through me.
I pray that my leadership is based on true caring for others.
I pray that I become a model of spirituality in my work life.
I pray that I become indispensable because of the qualities of attitude I exhibit.

In Jesus Christ name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

My faith is great because it’s in the greatness of God!

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

_____________________________________________

Support this on-going magnificent work of God.
Instant online, or recurring monthly giving:
https://positivechristianity.net/donation-tithe/

By mail: Positive Christianity, Box 7993, Woodlands, TX 77387

NEED PRAYER?
Click here https://positivechristianity.net/op-requests/
To submit an OPEN Prayer Request for ALL the WORLD to See.

Or you can submit a Confidential Positive Prayer Request.
https://positivechristianity.net/request-htm/
Positive Christianity will pray with you, daily, for an entire 2 months.

There Is Never a Charge for Prayer.

Encyclopedia of Prayers: https://positivechristianity.net/enc-prayers/

Television channels (Free Service):
Inspiration http://www.youtube.com/PositiveChristianity
Prayer http://www.youtube.com/prayerAmerica
Meditation http://www.youtube.com/PositiveChurch
ON OUR WEBSITE
www.PositiveChristianity.net

GOD BLESS YOU,
Christopher Ian Chenoweth and our prayer team.