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Biblical Insights of Leadership, part 2

by BryanApril 24, 20072 min read

Leadership is a fundamental Biblical activity. There are at least three insights from Scripture that offer a glimpse of what leadership is in the biblical perspective.

Part 2: Divine calling and obedience. God purposefully chose Moses to be a human leader in God’s act of delivering the Israelites out of slavery. God called Moses in a personal fashion (Exodus 3:10), and, although Moses recognized his own lack of ability, qualification, or confidence, he became a leader as a result of divine appointment and empowerment. Calling and obedience are integral to biblical leadership.

At the people’s insistence, God anointed Saul to be Israel’s first king with the caveat that Saul’s leadership be submitted to an obedient walk with God. Saul disobeyed God, asserted his own authority and desires, and, as a result, lost both his throne and his legacy (1 Samuel 13:14).

Biblical leadership is leadership vested in a man or woman called by God to lead the people into right relationship with God. In this, leadership is the “hinge” between human experience and divine destiny.

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