Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Carrying the Blessing requires that you become a ‘good’ leader. For us to become a ‘good leader’ there are certain things we
need to implement in our lives and we need to stick to them. Obviously if there are good leaders, there will be bad ones. Bad leaders are not bad people per se, they just make bad decisions. An example of this is Saul, the first king of Israel. During his tenure as king of God’s people, he made some awful decision.  See 1Samuel 14:24 where he instructed his soldiers to go on fasting whilst fighting the enemy and almost killed his own son because he did not hear about the command and ate some honey.  Similarly when he was instructed by the Lord to destroy all the Amelikites, he spared their king and kept the best of the cattle. Needless to say that Saul was rejected as king and ended up dying an ignominious death on his own sword. On the other hand good leaders ensure that they are accountable and are hearing from God about what to do. David had Ahitophel who counselled him for years until he joined the conspiracy of Absalom 2Sam 16:23.  Joshua had Moses who mentored him, Elsha had Elijah and so on.  Good leaders need to be good followers and to develop traits that will stay with them for a lifetime. Traits such as: loyalty, faithfulness, trustworthiness, confidentiality and so on. To carry the Blessing of the Lord we need to be people of integrity, that is, our words must be reflected in our actions. All these traits must be underpinned by great faith. Follow the faith of your leader/mentor but try to avoid their faults.  Read Joshua 3.