Studies

Wisdom

Leadership when distilled down to its most basic elements is: motivating and directing people. Wisdom is thus definitely required for Spiritual leadership because the road that Christians walk is narrow and hard. Expert guidance is needed to keep people from wandering off. Wisdom, according to Webster, in a biblical sense is: "Right judgment concerning spiritual and moral truth." Therefore the leader needs to know the will of God for human behavior and relationships and accurately apply those principles to the situation at hand. Wisdom also imparts the necessary balance to a leader and delivers him from eccentricity or extravagance.

• Prov 3:35 The wise will inherit HONOUR.
• Prov 8:12-21 People with wisdom possess: KNOWLEDGE, DISCRETION,
  SOUND JUDGMENT, UNDERSTANDING and POWER.
  - By wisdom princes govern and prosper.
  - The fruit of wisdom is better than gold.
• Prov 13:14 The TEACHING of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
• Prov 14:16 A FOOL is hotheaded and reckless - a wise man is self-controlled.
• Prov 20:5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
• Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will SHINE like the brightness of the heavens.
• Acts 6:1-6 Leaders appointed in the first century had to be full of the Holy Spirit and WISDOM.
• James 3:13 True wisdom is seen in a person who LIVES a good life.

HOW TO GET WISDOM :

• Prov 2:1-8 Apply your heart, call out, cry aloud and search passionately for it.
• Prov 13:20 He who WALKS with the wise grows wise. Prov 19:20 LISTEN to advice and ACCEPT instruction and in the end you will be wise.
• James 1:5 PRAY.

Practical Challenges:

• Study out GOOD vs. BAD leadership in the bible.
• Be an aggressive learner.
• Don't be independent. Walk with your discipler.
• Read as much as you can about leadership from all walks of life.
• Pray for wisdom every day.