Born to Lead

From the time that I was little, I have always found myself in leadership positions. Most of these positions were not by choice, I would be nominated or just given a position. Even as an older sister to my siblings, that was a leadership position that I didn't necessarily apply for but I got anyways. I won't lie though, I love being a leader and I definitely get it from my dad who has always been a great example. Throughout the years though, I became more and more reluctant to take up leadership positions because let's be honest, kids can be mean, and nobody wants to be friends with the class captain (a.k.a snitch of the class, a.k.a teacher's right hand).

Over the years I have realised that as much as you try, you cannot run away from yourself. You cannot run away from your gifts, talents and the roles that you were born to play. There may be seasons in which you do not use them as fully as you did in the previous seasons, but I can you tell you that if you were born to lead or use your talents in a particular way, the day will come where you can't run away anymore. 

I have found myself in spaces in which I was the youngest in the room, and there were instances where I believed the lie that because I am the youngest in the room I have no value to add, or there is nothing that I can offer that isn't already in the room. But that's exactly what it is, it's a lie. In 1 Timothy 4:12 Paul tells Timothy that he shouldn't let anyone look down on him because he is young. In those instance where I was the youngest in the room, I needed to be reminded of this verse not because anyone was looking down on me, but because I was looking down on myself.

I have come to realise that when it comes to certain things, we tend to have a certain age attached to it. In order to get married, you have to be a certain age, in order to create your own business you have to be this old, in order to buy your own house you have to be over this and that age. The truth is that no two people are the same, they  may have the same gift but they won't use them at the same time, or to the same degree. 

Leadership, is in essence, all about influence. It's about setting an example with everything that you do. There is always the fear of messing up and not being the great leader, but I'm here to tell you that even in the mistakes that you make, someone will learn something that will add value to their life. So live your life with God being your compass and your lead, then leadership won't seem like such a daunting task. If God has called you to lead, it doesn't matter how old you are. The One who qualifies has called you and it should not matter what others or even you have to say about it. Don't look down on yourself. You were born to lead, leader. 

I am an Occupational Therapist by profession, but I have many roles that bring meaning to my life. In short, I love people, books and love.

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