Spiritual Leaders

"A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of  leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation. Such were Moses and David and the Old Testament prophets. I think there was hardly a great leader from Paul to the present day but was drafted by the Holy Spirit for the task, and commissioned by the Lord of the Church to fill a position he had little heart for. I believe it might be accepted as a fairly reliable rule of thumb that the man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader." -- A.W. Tozer

"Wow" - that was my first thought as I came across this quote in an article by Chuck Swindoll on natural vs spiritual leaders.  What Tozer said is not something one would expect to hear; but, actually affirms my personal experience. So often I have said that I don't want to lead but felt that I just happen to be put into positions of leadership by God.

Equally as often, I have wished that I had charisma and natural leadership ability.   But, interestingly enough, according to Tozer, that might well have disqualified me for spiritual leadership.