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Bible says: 'Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty
nights...When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of
the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was
radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and all the
Israelites saw Moses...they were afraid to come near him. But Moses
called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back
to him, and he spoke to them...and he gave them all the commands the
Lord had given him...' (vv. 28-32 NIV). When the Israelites were in
Moses' company, there was a look on his face that told them he'd been in
the presence of the Lord. They could see it and sense it. The Bible
refers to this as the 'anointing' (1 John 2:27). Simply put, the
anointing is God equipping and empowering you to succeed in what He's
called you to do. Anointed leadership is always characterised by these
four benchmarks: 1) Calling. When people are around an anointed leader,
they sense that God has truly gifted and assigned that person to fulfil a
certain purpose. 2) Character. People see God's nature in an anointed
leader, and as a result they trust them. 3) Competence. An anointed
leader has the ability to get the job done right. The results validate
his or her calling. 4) Conviction. Anointed leaders aren't wishy-washy;
they have moral and spiritual backbone and they stand up for what's
right. These four qualities are benchmarks of God-called leadership, and
when people see them at work in your life, they will follow you. |
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