Great leaders have a vision for the future, not a revenge mentality for the past. Therefore, one of the most important attributes of a leader is intellectual integrity. A leader should always have the moral courage to do the right thing, no matter the consequences. Courage has spiritual-moral attributes, not materialistic attributes. Showmanship is not leadership. Therefore, a leader never leads individuals into evil temptations, but instead always leads individuals into King David’s spiritual declaration: “Shew me thy ways, O Lord, teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation, on thee do I wait all the day.”
(Psalm 25: 4-5). King David was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known, because he asked for spiritual guidance and moral direction from God. King David was a praying man always asking God to not remember the sins of his youth; but to cast them into the lake of forgetfulness and forgiveness. Notably, King David never publicly displayed the scriptures upside down, suggesting his lifestyle may be contrary to God’s expectations. Individuals who find God find life. America, the abundant life is not found in material things.
This is precisely why Jesus taught his disciples about money and worrying: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6: 19-21). Jesus taught individuals to turn to God first and lay-up treasures in heaven: “seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”(Matthew 6: 34).
Leaders who have spiritual- moral courage do not constantly judge and criticize others, because the judgment by which you judge will be measured back upon you. This is why Jesus always spoke about leadership hypocrites: “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7: 5). Jesus urged the Pharisees and Sadducees to reflect on their own motives and actions before judging others. America, we often dislike in others what we dislike in ourselves. Magnifying the bad habits of others and ignoring your own bad habits is a bad habit. Hence, because of immoral and greedy flawed thinking habits, President Trump assembled a coalition of non-thinking,
