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Character Traits Essential to Leadership
- Honorable
- Possessing honor; uprightness of character; personal integrity
- Cheerful
- Being in good spirits; reflecting willingness and good humor; pleasant
- Tolerant
- Inclined to tolerate the beliefs, practices, or traits of others
- Courageous
- Having courage under difficult or dangerous conditions
- Encouraging
- Giving courage, confidence, resolution, inspiration or hope
- Kind
- Of a friendly, generous, considerate, warm-hearted, or helping nature; a willingness to
do good or give pleasure
- Humble
- Marked by modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful
- Competent
- Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable
God desires that we both walk with Him and draw others to Him. The scriptures explain
the attitudes and behaviors that please God. When we abide in His will, God extends
blessings that positively affect our spiritual well being, our physical health, and our
relationships with others. In order to lead others to know God, our witness must be
credible. If a new believer is to be effectively instructed in the faith, that believer
must submit to a teacher who will guide him or her toward spiritual maturity. Even the
fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ still needs mentoring. If the mentor’s
encouragement and admonishment is communicated with patience, love and wisdom, it will be
most effective. As leaders, making disciples of Jesus Christ, our character must be a
paragon, a model of excellence. This is possible because we are made in His image.
Since you are created in the likeness or image of God (Gen 1:26), you have the capacity
to take on such characteristics as righteousness, holiness, and knowledge. You were
created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Eph 4:24). It is God’s desire that you take off the
old way of life and put on the new way of life as you are made new in the attitude of your
mind (Eph 4:22-23). Your new self is being renewed in knowledge
in the image of your Creator (Col 3:10). We are called to be conformed to the likeness of
Christ (Rom 8:29), so that when he appears, we shall be like him (1 Jn 3:2).
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