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Abuse of Power by John Maxwell
Abuse of Power
"And he wrote in the letter, saying, 'Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die'." 2 Samuel 11:15
Pittacus wrote, "The measure of a man is what he does
with power." Second Samuel 11 tells the story of a king who forgot that
leaders wield power for one reason only - to serve. Consider the "Path
to Abusive Power" in leaders:
Stage One: Surprise - "I get this?"
Stage Two: Self-Esteem - "I need this."
Stage Three: Satisfaction - "I deserve this."
Stage Four: Selfishness - "I demand this."
Stage Two: Self-Esteem - "I need this."
Stage Three: Satisfaction - "I deserve this."
Stage Four: Selfishness - "I demand this."
By watching King David weave a tangled web following his
sin with Bathsheba, we notice five common abuses of power that still
trip up leaders today. Calvin Miller describes them this way:
- Drifting away from those disciplines we still demand of our people.
- Believing that others owe us whatever use we can make of them.
- Attempting to fix things up rather than make things right.
- Refusing to accept that we could be blindly out of God's will.
- Believing that people in our way are expendable.
Excerpt from The Maxwell Leadership Bible
Monday, October 27, 2014
Word of the Day to Encourage You! Happy Monday!
JUSTIFICATION: an acceptable reason for doing something : something that justifies an action
1: the act, process, or state of being justified by God
2a : the act or an instance of justifying : vindication
b : something that justifies
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