What are the characteristics of a good spiritual leader? Blackaby answers this in his book, Spiritual Leadership. On page 19, he points out that while a leader must competently answer a call with character, he must demonstrate results. What are those results? He says on page 20, “Spiritual leadership is moving people on to God’s agenda.” Compare this with the actions of God's shepherd in Ezekiel 34.
Also, Blackably says on page 24 that “Jesus did not develop a plan nor did he cast a vision. He sought His Father’s will.” On page 71, he says, “The role of spiritual leaders is to not dream up dreams for God but to be the vanguard for their people in understanding God’s revelation.”
The key to spiritual leadership, according to Blackaby, is to encourage followers to grow in relationship with the Lord. Christians will demonstrate compassion and consideration when they see God at work in their Adult Bible Fellowship. They’ll want to “get in” on God’s work, but as leaders, we must continually help our class to see how God is working among us. Blackably says on page 130, that leaders “teach their people how to know him [God] better…how to recognize God’s voice…”
We need to teach people to how to recognize God’s agenda for their lives as we study Ezekiel 34. In light of this, what is God leading you to emphasize this week?
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