We need good leaders. God wants us to have good leaders; ones who love truth and justice. Good leaders protect us and don't lie to us or seek their own gain. With godly leaders we are safe, our kids are safe, and we can live in peace.
Proverbs 29:2 confirms that, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
In Proverbs, God addresses the kind of leadership He requires.
1. A leader must be righteous. (16:12)
2. A leader must be wise. (8:12, 15-16)
3. A leader must be absolutely honest. (17:7)
4. A leader must choose wise leaders. (25:4)
5. A leader must be sexually moral. (31:1-3)
6. A leader must protect the weak. (31:8-9)
These are just some qualities. Others are not to be greedy, not to be drunkards, to be good husbands... Scripture says so much more on this subject, these are jus twhat this section in Proverbs says.
Ask the Lord to give you wisdom to choose godly leaders. And always choose the ones as God would, not as man would.
*Some parts adapted from LWF book "Character Counts".
Proverbs 29:2 confirms that, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
In Proverbs, God addresses the kind of leadership He requires.
1. A leader must be righteous. (16:12)
2. A leader must be wise. (8:12, 15-16)
3. A leader must be absolutely honest. (17:7)
4. A leader must choose wise leaders. (25:4)
5. A leader must be sexually moral. (31:1-3)
6. A leader must protect the weak. (31:8-9)
These are just some qualities. Others are not to be greedy, not to be drunkards, to be good husbands... Scripture says so much more on this subject, these are jus twhat this section in Proverbs says.
Ask the Lord to give you wisdom to choose godly leaders. And always choose the ones as God would, not as man would.
*Some parts adapted from LWF book "Character Counts".
