Imagine that leadership is like a ladder. Like any ladder, it has two legs. One leg represents competency, which is another word for skills and abilities. The other leg represents character, which is moral and ethical strength. You can develop your competency to a great extent, but without the character to match it your leadership will fall – the same way a ladder with one leg can’t stand up.
In 2 Peter 1:5-8, he says “Don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, contemplating your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With those qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward…” Peter was clear; work hard to have good character.
You might be able to force some people to follow you because of your position, knowledge or power. But if you have character, people will WANT to follow you. God will open opportunities because He trusts you. God doesn’t measure greatness based on accomplishments. He defines greatness based on the depth of your character.
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