Leader

It's the election time again. The question is, which candidate do we want to choose? Democrat? Republican? Independent? Conservative? Green Party? etc. What kind of leader we choose will determine the future... the future of our country, our community, our society, our family. Therefore we should choose wisely!

Do we need a leader that puts his/her trust in this world or his/her trust in God? What qualifies you to be a leader in the eyes of God?

God loves us the same regardless of our races, talents, & physical appearances. People usually choose someone that is strong, good looking, good at speech, etc. as a leader, but God looks at your heart. In the movie "Braveheart", the Scottish people said: "We heard William Wallace was 7 feet tall". God chose Gideon from the smallest clan in Israel to be a leader to defeat their enemies, and He picked Moses which claimed to be slow at speech to deliver His people. In fact, God's strength is made perfect in our weaknesses.

A world leader gets his power from the people who choose him/her, and this power doesn't last. God's power is absolute! God has power over us because He is the creator of the universe and He made us, and without Him, we wouldn't be here, we wouldn't even exist! Isn't it ironic if we can surrender to the world's leader but we keep running away from God? When God uses His power to change something, it's always for our benefits.

World leaders might sacrifice our needs for his/her own purpose. In other words, he/she will not be willing to sacrifice his/her need for the sake of many. When a world leader makes a wrong decision, the affects could be devastating for the whole country or even the whole world. The attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941 by Japanese Navy led to the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US. God never make a wrong decision. John 10:11 says that God is like a good shepherd, He lays down His life for His sheep. God sacrificed His son to save us. God never makes a wrong decision!

A good leader must have compassion for those he/she leads, John Maxwell says: "People never care how much you know until they know how much you care". Mark 6:34 says that when Jesus saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them. You can not move or influence people if you don't care for them.

A good leader always protects his people with humility, promotes others, and never shows off. For example: When a Roman centurion took off his official emblem or insignia and went to fight with his people, he humbled himself, but he remained a centurion, he is not considered less in the eyes of his people. Jesus came to serve, not to be served.

World Leaders can not see the future, thus they can not really protect us. Nobody predicted that the Twin Towers (World Trade Center) in New York City would collapsed in 2001. God sees our future, and He can guarantee that our future is good if we trust Him and lean on Him. God is omniscient, He knows everything!