Publisher's Synopsis
People are constantly looking for someone to lead. That is someone to take them somewhere different if not to a place that gives them better self-worth and value. That is why we need a leader in the first place. We constantly witness many spiritual people live a follower's life without making an impact on the world, leaving the space for others who have bold words but probably lesser morals and capabilities. They are brainwashed into thinking only a few are leaders and God does not like the idea of leading others. I grew up with a bible learning and contemplating how to be meek even in times of adversary. Jesus was the sheep of the world crucified on a cross; the disciples were beaten and persecuted to death; the prophets lived in a wilderness. The people of the book had something in common: all endured unperceivable injustice and chaos. In all these journeys they were told to stay meek and humble. The world seems to have become a broken vessel of leadership following the dark path to manipulation and lies, only to grip power on the people that trusted them. Many leaders seem to only be a boss with fake smiles only to get what they want from their followers. This idea of leadership pushed the devout from participation and influence. The church teaches people to respect the leader, not to be a leader. The leaders of the bible are misleadingly taught to be bad, by only quoting bad characters. We overstate their weakness against the majority good. David was a shepherd; David cried and sang for God; Saul went against the young David. Most teachings do not include the posers and achievements of the man. These are rather how David sinned against God by taking another man's wife or by killing the meek or by going out to count his soldiers with arrogance. They teach a pleasant outcome, but they ignore the harsh process. This indirectly seems to repeal religious or spiritual people not step on the ladder of leadership. Many spiritual people we know choose to sit in their chambers praying for change rather than changing the problem they see in the world. They choose to get distracted with the idea of the rituals than making a direct collision with the problem as part of the ritual. They pray for no change.The church has become a place of prayer and not a place of influence. Prayer of the meek has power in itself. Faith changes lives. But at the same time, that prayer needs an action to get it enacted. Jesus was meek and yet he was bold in his actions. He prayed oftentimes more than many Christians do in this age. He fasted for days as long as 40. He went to the top of the hills and stayed all night through the desert cold. He blessed. He taught. He fed. He criticized. He forced people out of the temple. He went against authorities. The people listened and followed him. Despite his spiritual attitude and meek teachings, he was a person of action. A leader. In this book, we explore 13 principles of leadership out of the life of these kings and the leaders that were adequate in the eyes of God. We learn the basics of moral leadership and influence in the world from the balanced view of the kings and chronicles. For people to become an impactful leader that makes God happy, they first have to master the 13 principles of biblical leadership. The principles are to be thought upon, not to be memorized. These should provoke, show, and guide you into a way of influence in every area of our life. These should assist us to leave the status quo in the religion and in the world, and see an alternative that is to moral Christian leadership, and create the third chronicles.
