“True Leadership” (#16)

Just what is it that makes a leader of men?
Is it statistics-one man out of ten?
Or, perhaps, is it something of God,
And His plan for the whole pod
Of humanity? I believe the latter is true;
God can make a leader out of me and you
If we will open our hearts to Him and His will;
We cannot be His people and still
Hold on to ourselves. If we believe and commit
Our lives to serving Him, we will emit
The light of Jesus to a world deep in need
Of guides to the path of life. So let us feed
Their hearts, and tell them of the Bread of Life,
Who showed the example of a leader-enduring strife
Without even a word in defense-He gave away nothing but love;
Who else could have done this? Only someone with a relationship above.
So I implore you, my friend, that in all you do:
Look at Jesus and all that He says is true,
And apply His teaching to your every-day walk on this Earth
Until the day you arrive at your heavenly berth
So that when the story of your life before God is told,
It would not be made of hay and stubble-but of pure gold.