Learning from Nehemiah - Seven secrets about a dream leader

The distiquishing feature of dream L-E-A-D-E-R-S is that they lead by serving:

Let a substantial of your DREAM be to inspire others to pursue theirs

Examine where people's talents and passions lie, and to employ these to benefit all

Allow people to try new things and take initiative

Discover the corporate value of further training. When a new skill or course helps individuals towards fulfilling their DREAMS, they inspire the whole group

Envisage what DREAMS you want to realise as a group and discuss this regularly to avoid losing touch with changing circumstances.

Remember that DREAM leaders serve others. An excellent way would to be actively help them to pursue their DREAMS

Stick to God's Big DREAM for the world as the test of aunthenticity when you assist people in recognising their life DREAMS

We know the story of Nehemiah who came to build again his beloved town - Jerusalem. As the student leaders, we can learn from his story and the role of God's Dream in Nehemiah's life that teach us about four things important in good leadership:

Nehemiah had a Dream: Nehemiah speaks of "what my God put in my heart to do for Jerusalem" (Nehemiah 2:12). Some would think a better place to live in palace to be a Dream Life, but Nehemiah had a different Dream. This wasn't not a Dream he had made up, it was a Dream that God, the Dream Giver, had given to Nehemiah and his people.

Nehemiah saw a need: Nehemiah was touched by the account of his people's distress. In truth, each Dream that the Dream Giver places in our hearts/the desires that given by our Creator is meant as an answer to some need in the world. Like the song "people need the Lord", it's true, this world need his healing. Nehemiah became a leader not because he can lead his people but because he was able to see the connection between his Dream and the need of his people.

Nehemiah trusted the Dream Giver: Nehemiah repeatedly testifies that "the gracious hand of God was upon me" (Nehemiah 2:8b). He accepted the courage to ask the king to send him to Jerusalem so that the city walls could be rebuilt. It also was God's loving care that gave Nehemiah the strength to continue building in spite of many trials and tribulations. If we did and what we are doing for God, God will give us strength in spite of many challenges that we faced.

Nehemiah could inspire others to dream as well: Nehemiah's Dream wasn't something he had thought up on his own and then tried to force on others, but a Dream that God already had put in the people's hearts, he succeeded quite easily in inspiring those he had to lead to dream with him. One of the characteristics of a good leader is the one who able to inspire people to discover and live their Dreams. Once Nehemiah had shared his Dream with his people, they were so impassioned that they immediately said, "Let us start rebuiding" (Nehemiah 2:18).

Let us start rebuilding our campus for God's glory, reaching out the lost, build them in Christ-like hearted and send them to share vision & Jesus love to other students! A simple decision to do for students life-changing!