Leadership Mantle and Leadership Mandate from God

UV 3706/10000 Leadership Mantle and Mandate from God Why do You make men like the fish of the sea, like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler ( and are helpless against their enemies)? Habakkuk 1 v 14 Leaders or rulers who do not have a vision and values that help to realize that vision are virtually not leader material. With such leaders and rulers in place it is almost as if we have no ruler. Things are likely to be anarchic, chaotic, directionless. If human leaders do not have human and godly values, humanity becomes devoid of leadership like the lower forms of life like the fish of the sea, the reptiles and insects. Leaders who do not have human values are hollow and leaders who do not have godly values are shallow. We should not follow either for if we do, it is to our own peril. These kinds of value-less, vision-less leaders, blind leaders, so to say, cannot equip us to fight our mortal enemies- the common adversary of humanity- satan and our own inner weaknesses. If they do not have fear of God, they have neither wisdom nor knowledge nor understanding. They turn out to be the enemies and not defenders of the subjects, the people. They turn like predators and robbers on their own people. The enemy is a killer, robber, thief. The enemy is deceitful and can read our thoughts. Only godly leaders empowered by the Spirit of God can help us fight and overcome the enemy’s plot to have us spiritually killed or robbed. Only godly leaders can strip the enemy of his traditional weapons to attack us. Only godly leaders can teach us to tap into God’s grace so that we are not trapped by our own evil desires or our own follies and weaknesses. Godly leaders can lead us to both green pastures and still waters. We can graze to our heart’s content on God’s word and enjoy the still waters of prayer, reflection, wisdom, counsel, meditation, worship. Prayer births victory, victory births joy, joy births worship and worship births further victory. Godly, Bible- based leaders will lead us to victory over our foes, opponents, rivals. Even adverse situations and the acts of disciplining that we are subject to in life are seen as comforting, reassuring that the Lord is in control and cares enough for us to see us through it all. Their source of strength is not money power, muscle power but inner power. Nations, cities, people whose leaders’ vision and values are from the LORD will not perish but flourish in this world and the one to come.