INTRODUCTION
Early in my career when I first began teaching people in church about
leadership, they were often surprised. I was clearly young and
inexperienced, yet the ideas I was able to convey seemed to be beyond what
I should know. By my late twenties, I sensed God wanted me to teach about
leadership for the rest of my life. It was my calling and my passion.
As I started writing and speaking on leadership to a more general
audience, people would ask, “Where in the world did you learn all this?” I
was happy to let them in on a secret: everything I know about leadership I
learned from the Bible.
Not only is the Bible the greatest book ever written, it is the greatest
leadership book ever written. Everything you could ever want to learn
about leadership—vision, purpose, thinking strategy, communication,
attitude, encouragement, mentoring, follow-through—is all there. You just
need to be open to what God wants to teach you. As it says in Isaiah 55:11,
My word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
God’s word always fulfills his purpose. If you have felt a stirring to
become a better leader or if someone has tapped your shoulder and asked
you to lead, God will help you.