Entitlement. Do leaders in your church or
organization feel they deserve to be treated like kings? That style may work OK
in a monarchy, but Jesus said that in His kingdom leaders must behave like
servants. Those with a spirit of entitlement should be disqualified.
Nepotism. When leaders show favoritism to family members, they create
arbitrary double standards. Christian organizations must stop building
spiritual dynasties.
Robbery. If a Christian leader is using donor funds to purchase
lavish perks for himself, he is stealing from God. Let’s call it what it is.
Though the Bible makes it clear that a Christian worker is worthy of his hire,
it also condemns ministers who have their hands in the coffer. When the prophet
Malachi asked the probing question, “Will a man rob God?” (Mal. 3:8 NASB) he
was not just addressing people who didn’t tithe. He was pointing to greedy
priests who stole part of the offerings meant for the poor.
Overinflated egos. Too many leaders
today are drunk with power. Like Nebuchadnezzar, their pride has caused them to
go insane. When an egomaniac drives an organization, you can be sure he will
eventually crash—and hurt a lot of people in the process.
Negligence. God looks for integrity in the
little things. He judges leaders not by the size of the crowd or the volume of
their preaching but by the way they conduct themselves when no one is looking.
In this hour when our enemies are ready to pounce on our every mistake, we must
be faithful in the smallest things. That means we must get our houses in order
financially.
J. Lee Grady is editor of Charisma.
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