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OU Wk 7 Biblical Foundations Activity Biblical Models of Leadership Discussion
Please share your thoughts, briefly, on each character and ways he/she can be modeled in today’s world of leadership.
Elijah: “Bind the ties of love and courage.”
Today’s nomenclature calls it tough love. Some call it a tough mind and a tender heart. Elijah had both. He loved God. He had the courage to speak to the evils of his day. Where is your God, he asked. “Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!” (1 Kings 18:27).
His sarcasm showed his disdain for those who had forsaken God. In every effective leader’s life, there is a time for love, but also a time for courage. It may not come quickly. It will, however, come eventually. If the leader becomes a wimp, he will lose his leadership role. Effective leaders have the courage to speak even when it is unpopular to speak because they speak the truth with love.
