You will read this Challenge after the Presidential Election of November 3, 2020, when we vote on our leader for the next four years.  While it is very important whom we place in the White House, it is much more important who the leader is in your house.  Are you a bold Christian leader in your home, work, church and community?  When people meet you like people met Peter and John, could they say you are a man and leader who has been with Jesus?  The nature of our personal leadership and walk with Christ must reflect the walk of Christ.  I John 2:6 “Whoever says he abides in Jesus ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.”  Your leadership should be based and recognized that you have been with Jesus.

For years in the corporate world, leaders wanted to be with Jack Welch, the CEO of GE, and the mentor and role model for many future corporate leaders.  In the football coaching world, coaches wanted to have been with Tom Landry, Nick Saban or Andy Reid.  In the political world, it could have been Ronald Reagan.  I can’t think of many other political leaders in our lifetime.  Why these leaders?  There are many reasons beginning with their recognition as outstanding leaders who passed their leadership skills and traits to those who learned from them and had been with them.  What can we learn from the leadership of such people and from Jesus?  We learn how to make decisions, relate to people, communicate, solve problems, handle conflict, come under authority, give authority, be accountable and responsible, cast a vision, be courageous and strong, value character, a winning attitude perseverance, be a role model, lead by example and importantly, have a teachable spirit.  While those leaders mentioned above and many others can teach us much about leadership, the one role model and example that stands above all others is Jesus Christ.  When we have been with Jesus, others will be astonished and recognize that we have been with Him.  This is our only way to be a Godly Leader who makes an impact in the lives of the people we lead.