Spiritual Gift: Leading/Administrating

The first thing we see in Romans 12:8 about leadership is it is aided by zeal. Zeal in the Greek is the word "spoude" and means to have haste and earnestness. This means that one who has the gift of leadership gets things done with a quickness and with a sincere and intense conviction. The spiritual gift of leadership can be defined as the God-given desire and ability to give vision and direction to projects and people, like Nehemiah.

Some other good examples we see of sinners being good leaders are Joseph (Genesis 37-50) and Titus (1:5) just to name a few. There are a lot of people who WANT to be leaders, but are not. This usually stems from a sense of pride (1 Peter 5:5) and should be addressed by church elders or leadership. WARNING: If you have this spiritual gift, guard yourself against lust for power and the abuse of power (Mark 10:42-52). The spiritual gift of leadership usually presents itself as an encouragement to the Church because God's plans are clearly seen and directed and the leader is a SERVANT-LEADER, not an observer spouting direction.

If you have the spiritual gift of leadership, use it humbly for the encouragement of the Church and glorifying God!