Characteristic of a good leader

Characteristic of a good leader    The leadership position is the most delicate and conspicuous position. That is why leaders in all levels must consider these essential elements that qualified one to be a leader. First who is a leader?  Somebody may answer that a leader is a person who leads a group of people. That is correct, but the definition of a leader is more than that. *. A leader is like a shepherd, whose primary duty is to care, provides and protect his flocks. A good leader does the same to his subjects. *. A leader is like a watch man over a city, whose duty is to watch and alert the people in the time of danger. Every

A visionary leader does the same.

*. A leader is God’s ambassador, representative or servant. Who was Divinely appointed to restrain evil by punishing the wrongdoers and to protect the good in the society.

As God’s ambassador or servant he must not be a self-centered individual, nor callous, greedy of filthy lucre nor discriminative. Every leader should know that God is the Leader of all leaders.

King Nebuchadnezzer the first world emperor (605-539 B.C) after his graduation in the school of God which he under-went for seven years, has this massage for all leaders ‘‘I Nebuchadnezzer lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that lives for-ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation’’.

But at the first he did not know that the Most High rules even in the kingdom of men and that He gives the kingdom or leadership to anyone as He wishes. Just as Daniel told him.

Any one in leadership position should not see it as an opportunity to make money by embezzlement, but as an opportunity to work or serve in God’s vineyard. Every leader is accountable to God for the services he or she rendered in his her tenure.

Our duties as their subject is not to insult or criticize our leaders, but to support and pray for them so that they can do better.