God's Authentication

I have been rereading Blackaby's book, "Spiritual Leadership" again. I would recommend it to you if you haven't picked it up lately. In it he reminds us that every leader needs God authentication with 5 overriding principles. Here they are:

1. God will fulfill his promises to the leader and the leader's organization. In other words there should be ample evidence of God's affirmation on a leader's life.

2. God will vindicate a leader's reputation over time. Criticism is not necessarily a sign of poor leadership.

3. Changed lives will be a true sign of God's affirmation. Spiritual advancement must be evident in lives the leader's influence.

4. Others will recognize that God is the driving force behind the leader's agenda.

5. The leader will have an unmistakable mark of Christlikeness in his public and private life.

How do you stack up against these principles?