King David’s Leadership Traits

Do you desire to be celebrated in your field? Then you need to learn the traits for success. Success is yours if you are ready to be and do what it takes to be successful. Knowing what to be and being it is very crucial if you want to excel in your niche. This article aims at exposing King David’s two important leadership traits that made him successful as a king. 

He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes that had young He brought him, to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance. So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands – Psalm 78:70-72 (NKJV)

God is the ultimate leader and He makes leaders out of those who are ready to be nurtured into leadership positions. And King David was a powerful king nurtured by God. He had two powerful leadership traits that made him a celebrity that never dies.

Who was King David?

He was the Last of the eight sons of Jesse, a shepherd that became one of the greatest kings of Israel. He was a man with a passionate love for God and for his people, called a man after God’s heart by God Himself (Acts 13:22). He was also a powerful warrior and a great psalmist. And he was an ancestor of Jesus Christ. King David's story runs from 1 Samuel 16 through 1 Kings 2.   

The two traits manifested by King David qualified him as the next king of Israel after King Saul. These qualities first established him as a successful shepherd and then king of Israel.

What are these leadership traits?

These qualities are integrity of heart and skillfulness of hands.

·         Integrity of heart means an honest heart, a heart that adheres to moral and ethical values. It means integrity, completeness, fullness, innocence, simplicity, uprightness, perfection - not in the sense of being flawless, but being matured and whole. There should be consistencies between what you say and who you are.

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