Archive for October 28th, 2009
Do you have healthy relationships with other leaders? (93-3)
Effective leaders develop healthy relationships with those on their team and with other leaders in a 360-degree circle i.e. those that work for them, beside them and above them. There are times when a leader will use the special bond of a healthy relationship to give needed encouragement that would not be accepted without the relationship and there will be times when a leader needs to draw on the strength of a healthy relationship to confront or counsel other leaders in their sphere of influence. Read 2 Samuel 12.
Nathan had the unenviable job of confronting his friend David, the king of Israel, who had committed despicable acts against the laws of Israel, a friend and God. Nathan knew that his old friend had committed adultery with another man’s wife, had arranged for this man’s murder through a general in his army who put the man in a certain-death combat situation, and that David had effectively covered up these acts by using the power and influence he had as the king.
Tags: Confrontation, Restoration