Spiritual Leadership

You cannot baptize your personality and call it God or anoint your preference and call it being led! We must be careful of confusing opinions, preferences, and personality traits, as being God ordained and anointed. Sometimes we can want to do something and find it easy to say “God told me” or “I feel led” when in reality it is not God but an origination from our own impulses. The problem with that is, when those plans go awry, then God also gets the blame and we exonerate ourselves. I can’t state the importance enough in making sure our plans and aspirations are born out of prayer and his word. 

We as ministers and spiritual leaders must resist all temptation of unfastening ourselves from the cross of self-crucifixion. The moment I begin intoxicating myself on the cocktail of self-sufficiency and self-importance, is the day I render Christ inoperative in my life. It will begin a ministry of personal hype and the creating of a personality cult.   

As I prepare for the Pastor’s Conference in the Philippines, I see the necessity of making sure that I do not intercept God’s glory and divert it to self-promotion. Jesus made it clear that we can do NOTHING without him. Of course, I can do things that profit me temporarily but nothing will or can be done to profit the Kingdom of God without him. 

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. The old adage never goes out of style – talk is cheap! Pipe-dreams, aspirations, and continued talk of things that never materialize, will cripple people’s trust. Eventually, a minister like this will lose any and all power to influence and lead with any degree of effectiveness. 

Never forget - it's ALL about Jesus - it's not about us and our positions!!! 

Prayer:

My Father, realign my thinking where it has become disjointed from your mission. Help me to see people as you see them - help me to feel the compassion you have for your people. 

Give me greater revelation of the purpose and plan for my life so I can be a better servant to you and your people. Illuminate the Scriptures and take me deeper into spiritual knowledge so that I can help erase Satan's weapon of ignorance from furthering damage to your church.   

May I never be afraid to look into the mirror of your Word to see my true condition. As a result of applying your Word, may the passion of your heart be produced in me and infect every believer and draw every sinner that I come in contact with. 

May my life be an emblem of truth reflecting your nature and a weapon in the hands of your Spirit destroying the works of darkness. 

In Jesus Name 

Amen! 

Dr. Reuben Egolf