MENTHER LEADERSHIP
THE BEAUTY OF LEADERSHIP “As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honour” - Ecclesiastes 10:1
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here is nothing more painful in life than to see a person take all that has been gifted to them and waste it away because of ignorance, foolishness, selfishness, and greed. This can best be explained as follows: “Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat” this is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely by being unaware of its content. In the same way, this legal requirement would hold in our daily lives. In Matthew 25:14-30; the
parable of the talents and the three servants speaks exactly to the above. A master leaving on a long journey entrusts his servants with his property.
The servants do not have an idea of the day of his return thus they need to work as hard as possible with integrity to prepare for their masters’ return because therein lay their reward. So it is with us as leaders in this world and or our various capacities. We need to be trustworthy, take risks, work hard, act justly and all with humility for our reward as diligent leaders will manifest whether it’s in our life time or through those whose lives we have impacted. We can’t wait for someone to confer that leadership upon us, we are to assume our leadership roles in all stages and spheres of our lives.
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