Leadership Vision-Part 1

Text: Prov28:19.
   Vision is the primary prerequisite for leadership, you cannot be regarded as a leader until you've discovered vision. Leadership begins with vision, vision initiates and motivates motion and pursuit. You are not qualified to lead until you have successfully led yourself and the road to self-leadership begins from the bus stop of vision.That is why vision is an important pillar of leadership, without it leadership excellence cannot be attained. Many so called leaders have ignored this fact, that is why their leadership experience have been majorly unsuccessful.
   Vision has been defined by different authors to mean different things, but what is the true meaning of vision? Vision can be defined a man's ability to discover his God ordained purpose. It can also be referred as ability to disvover why he was created and for what purpose he was created.(Jer1:5, Gal1:15). Every manufacturer has a purpose behind the creation of a product, the purpose is first established before the production commences. The purpose of a product is not determined by the product but by the manufacturer, for example no matter how much sell believe a basket has, it cannot fulfill the purpose of a bucket. All is efforts will end in frustrations and futility, there is no amount of self believe or motivation that can take the place of divine purpose in a man, little surprise why many people are frustrated both as individuals and as leaders.
   Every man on the face of the face of the earth was created by someone and for a particular purpose, it is that man's duty to discover his purpose from his creator. Myles Munroe once said " When the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable", when you don't know the reason for your existence, you tend to abuse your gifts and undermine your personality. Purpose helps you to maximize the leadership potential in you as well as help others chart a course for themselves. A purpose driven man is never a burden to his society but a blessing, don't let any man convince you into believing that you can never be a leader or you are of no worth. God took his time to create you, take your time to discover his hidden agenda concerning you and you'll be on your way to becoming a great leader....