'If it is leadership, let him govern diligently.' - Romans 12:8(NIV)

How will you know you have the gift of 'leadership'? Because you'll know where God wants you to go, and be able to show others the value of going with you. There are many talented people who never become effective leaders. Why? Because they are more interested in themselves than in those they lead. What's interesting however, is once they go through the school of hard knocks, they become more sensitized to other peoples needs. But good leaders don't wait for that to happen. They realize that ideas are a dime a dozen, but people who can implement them are priceless.

Legendary American football coach Bear Bryant, who lead his team to six national championships, used to say:

'I'm just a plow-hand from Arkansas, but I've learned to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat together. There are just three things I'd ever say: if something goes bad, I did it. If it goes semi-good, WE did it. If anything goes really good, then YOU did it.' - Bear Bryant

When you have the gift of leadership, you'll also be approachable. You won't fly off the handle, you won't let minor problems poison your outlook, and you'll sandwhich every slice of criticism between two layers of praise.

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others.- Robert Louis Stevenson

There are people who knock the heart out of you, and people who put it back in. The Apostle Paul was such a leader.

All my prayers for you are full of praise to God! When I pray for you, my heart is full of joy because of all your wonderful help in making known the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.- Philippians 1:3-5

That's the kind of leader you should aspire to be.