The Prime Leader Is Led By The Word

“Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.” – 1 Samuel 23:2 (ASV)

I did a search in my King James bible of the number of times the phrase “enquired of the Lord” appears and I found 15 verses that have it. 8 of those verses are talking of times when David enquired of the Lord. Is it any wonder that he is the leader that God called “A man after my own heart”? Is it any wonder that he is the father who taught his son about wisdom, which made him able to ask for the right thing when God asked him what he wanted? Is it any wonder then that even Jesus the son of God was referred to as the Son of David? Only the man who wanted to do what God wanted to do can have that honour. Even so today, the man who wants to do what God wants him to do will have the kind of results that come when God is involved in a matter. The way that we know what God wants to do is to understand his word and then lay the foundation of our businesses, organisations and families on that sure foundation.

“Then indeed the churches were established in the faith and increased in number daily. And coming through the Phrygian and the Galatian region; and by the Holy Spirit being forbidden to speak the Word in Asia; having come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia. But the Spirit did not allow them.” – Acts 16:5-7. In this passage of scripture, Paul and Timothy were going about the business that Paul had been mandated to do: preaching the Gospel to the gentiles. Do you realise that in the natural it would have been great to preach to as many gentiles as possible? It would have made sense but we read that the Holy Spirit disallowed them to go into Asia and Bithynia. God knows a lot more things than us (dah!) and we ought to give Him that space to advise us by His Spirit.

The leader who tries to lead solely by his intellect will achieve results that are as limited as his intellect. Many a time we have seen leaders that everyone marvelled at for their intelligence but some just dropped off the lime light in an instant where they made one bad decision. The leader who is founded on the word and understands the grace of God will like David also make many mistakes but will know to repent, get up, dust himself and carry on. “for a just one falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked shall fall into evil.” – Proverbs 24:16.

When you are constantly engrossed in the word of God, you become acquainted with it. That means you begin to become acquainted with God and His ways. The more that happens, the more the word becomes your mindset. That also means you get a Godly mindset. It becomes your phronesis (the 3rd level of wisdom which is a mindset). When you have God’s phronesis, you can not fail. You can not be defeated. You become a wonder. People will come to you and wonder like the queen of Sheba came and wondered at Solomon’s phronesis. You will be filled with such wisdom even you will be surprised at yourself. Not only will you make great decisions in your business or what ever domain you have, but you will naturally get all the principles that we have been talking about that form the Prime Leader.

Affirmation: I choose to wash myself with the word of God. As I read it, I am transfigured into the image of His Son.