Tag: Thirst

Hungering and Thirsting

The various qualities, principles, axioms, and requirements for good leadership all carry a significant weight in leadership development.

In the arena of spiritual leadership, the key is based on one’s hunger and thirst for God.

The idea of hungering and thirsting involves a need, want, craving, an insatiable desire. We understand the idea as it applies to a drink of water when dehydration exists, or food when hungry.

However, do we also understand the application in a spiritual setting?

When a relationship with God is characterized by hungering and thirsting, leaders are strengthening every area of their leadership.

Thirsting for God…

A thought expressed throughout the Psalms is thirsting for God. One of the most common analogies is the song, “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for You, O God.”

The various qualities, principles, axioms, and requirements for good leadership all carry a significant weight in leadership development.

In the spiritual arena, the key to true leadership is based on thirsting for God.

The idea of thirsting involves a need, want, craving, an insatiable desire. Do we understand this thought when considering a spiritual application?

When a relationship with God is characterized by thirsting, leaders strengthen their leadership.