The role of a leader.

I'm reminded again of the essence of leadership spoken by the mentor of perhaps the greatest leader in history (and perhaps right there lies one of the greatest lessons a leader can ever learn...that even in greatness there is still much to be learnt!).

'Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him. Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform.' (Exodus 18:19-20).

So the role of a leader is 3 fold; (1) To pray. 'You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him'. We're called to intercede. (2) To teach, 'Teach them the decrees and laws'. We're called to feed. & (3) To live as an example. 'show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform'. We're called to lead!

So we Lead, we Feed and we Intercede.

Bless all our leaders Lord, may we hear your voice that comes via their intercession, may we eat of your word as they teach it to us and may we follow them, as they follow Christ.