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"Ambassador of Leadership forihe world"Proverbs 13:11says, A faithfut ambassador is health.

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I od calls every leader to be a servant, but not every servant is to be a leader. So, how do we take the\J step to leadership?

i.:r ln Hebrew, the word we translate as "leader" hagiyd\comes from a root that conveys the idea of servant-. hood and being an example to others. The word is variously translated in Scripture ai captain, ruler, prince,

governor, and noble.

leader trs. KingJhe Hebrew term for "leader" stands in sharp contrast to the word for "king." The fairly neutral Hebrew

' term for "king" (melech) allowed for the possibility of independence, for being a maverick. Samuel warnedr dgainst this very thing when the lsraelites asked for a king. A melech might bei renegade, but a nagiydwasuader 6u1[ority, subiect to a higher power and fulfilling th1 wishes of that higher pow1r. Saul was a melech,

.while Samuel was a nagryd. -

"t-P b. a captain, rulef irince, governol or noble of the people of God, a person must first come squarely' under the authority of God. We can go no further without first understandine this element. yet a secondcan go no further without first understanding this element. Yet a second

i:;,ltm.n1 is iust as important. The Hebrew term nagiyd also means to stand boldly, to announce, to mani-i.. { Jrur ru svrury, LU I I ror I_: 's)t-tne natural outgrowth of receiving commands from God. The leader is to boldly stand and communi-' _-"-(rre nalural outgrowtn 0t receulng commands trom God. The leader is to boldly stand and communi-:" ate Gods commands with conviction., fGod's leader is first to be a servant of the Lord, then an example, then a proclaimer and communicator to,

u'e people. And no one did this better than Samuel.:::,r:.':i people. And no one did this better than Samuel...5i{

Teola Patillo Sr.

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