THE SOURCE OF THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT

PRINCIPLES OF CREATION

Principles of creation will help us understand the source of the inherent leadership spirit that is in us. A careful review of the creation account in the first book of Moses in the Holy Scriptures reveals that everything in creation was created from a specific raw material or source. Now let’s look at it: 

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Vegetation, birds, and animals, in essence, came from the soil. Fish and other sea creatures were created from the waters, and the stars were produced out of the firmament. All the wonderful products of creation that we have on Earth consist of whatever their source is, and when they die, they, in effect, return to the components of that source. In the case of plants and animals, they return to the dust from which they came.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule “have dominion” over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

The most amazing distinction here is that, in His creation of mankind, the Creator did not speak to the soil, the water, or the firmament. He spoke to Himself, saying, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule (have dominion or rulership over the rest of creation).” Humans were not just made by God, but they were also drawn out of His own nature. To be made in God’s image and likeness means that you possess the spiritual nature, characteristics, essential specifications, and “substances” of God and are reflection of His spiritual qualities. It also denotes that you were designed to be like, act like, and function like the Creator. In essence, God created you from his own substance and released you from His own Spirit, and therefore, as far as species go, you are in the “god class” in the sense that you are considered his “son” or offspring.

However, even more important than this knowledge is knowing and understanding why God the Creator chose to create you and me in this manner – reflecting His amazing qualities. The reason God did this is the key to understanding the nature of the human (leadership) spirit.