Spiritual leaders maintain a balanced outlook.
Admiral Stockdale, who spent eight years in a prisoner of war camp, advises us not to confuse faith that we will prevail in the end with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of our current reality.
Beware of unjustly treating those over whom you have authority (Isa 10:1-6). God condemns oppressive leaders. God looks for servant leaders such as:
Read Isaiah 6:5-8. If you saw the Lord on His Throne, you would respond as Isaiah did, “Woe is me!” You would know that everything you have (talents, time, treasure) are from Him. You would know that He gave those things to you for a reason. Continue reading
