MFM Daily Devotional 2 May 2023
TOPIC: Leaders Are a Terror to Evil
MEMORY VERSE:
It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 16:12
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: A place of leadership is a place of honour.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: As you take up your leadership position, the Lord shall bestow upon you blessings that money can buy and the blessings that money cannot buy, in the name of Jesus.
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Romans 13:3-7
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 26-28; Mark 5-6
MFM Daily Devotional 2 May 2023 MESSAGE
Leadership is simply the practice of positive influence on the character, development or behaviour of people without the use of brute force and direct exercise of power. It is not a title but a task because a leader has many constituencies and needs to be many things to many people. Godly leadership entails promoting righteousness and eschewing evil.
A leader must practice what he preaches by being consistent and dependable. People should be able to look up to a leader to drink from his well of knowledge.
As a leader, you must have problem-solving and decision-making skills. A leader must be able to manage people and resources and not make a mess of them. He must have a sense of humility by making himself available to his people, eschewing arrogance and pride.
A leader must not be easily angered but forbearing. He must not be violent but sensitive to the needs of his people. He must be able to bring out the best in his people and not downplay them. He must refuse to leave people the same way he met them. He must support his team, build his team, mentor, coach and truly care for them and not neglect or disdain them. He must be a directional provider and must not lose his balance, no matter the situation. He should show the way by taking the lead role instead of taking the back seat (2 Samuel 11:1).
In addition, a leader must lay out a vision, share his plan and motivate others into achieving the vision instead of misleading or exploiting people (Nehemiah 2:17). Nehemiah fearlessly motivated his people to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. A leader should not think that everything revolves around him. If he does not understand the concept of “service above self’, he will not win the trust, confidence and loyalty of those he leads.
He must be accountable and not blame others for failures that occur on his watch (1 Samuel 15:21). He should have integrity and skillfulness (Psalms 78:72). He should pay some attention to what people think and say about him to know if his acts and life are causing pain to others or not. Jesus Christ stood at a point in His life to know what people and His disciples were saying about Him. Self-reevaluation is crucial in leadership.
MFM Daily Devotional 2 May 2023 PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. O God, make our leaders a vessel unto honour, in the name of Jesus.
2. Our leaders will not be a stumbling block to the body of Christ, in the name of Jesus.
3. O Lord my Father, make our leaders spiritually fit for kingdom assignments, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. O Lord, help our leaders to be devoted to Your work, in the name of Jesus.
5. O Lord, help our leaders to be spiritually mature, in the name of Jesus.
6. O Lord, help our leaders to live up to their responsibilities, in the name of Jesus.
7. Every spirit of distraction assigned against our leaders, be destroyed by fire, in the name of Jesus.
