The Leadership Style of King David

David joined forces with the Philistines because his faith was weak and he faked being mentally insane. Therefore, he was really not mental but struggled with believing in Gods covenant. Not to mention he had two wives he just was refusing to go out in battle and support his troop by being an effective leader. In modern day terms he punk-out sending his troops out to battle without him while he played the coward staying behind stirring up trouble.

From that day on David showed his loyalty to God, by speaking victory into existence. For example, before David battled Goliath, he consulted how the Lord will help him have the strength to kill the mighty giant, and let it be known that there is a God among them. The end results were David being triumphant over Goliath. People saw him differently, no longer a shepherd boy but a warrior, and a future king of Israel.

David was a brave man. His heroics were becoming songs (1 Samuel 18:7) and those songs greatly angered King Saul to the point of wanting David killed. David, not wanting to die, fled from King Saul wrath. The future king dwelt in the wilderness as Saul relentlessly pursued him. Having one enemy desiring to kill someone is enough, but David had other enemies. Enemies that can be more dangerous than the one trying to end your life. One such dangerous enemy was Cush the Benjamite. The danger of Cush’s opposition could have brought even more enemies against the embattled David. While Cush was not directly trying to kill David as Saul was, this Benjamite was spreading lies that only fueled the anger of the King and could have ignited more rage against

Everything had happened in a blink of an eye to David. When David was walking away from his uncle while he was talking to Captain Hoseason, Captain Hoseason had kidnapped him. David didn’t know what was going on, but he had a feeling it had something to do with his uncle and the House of Shaws. When Hoseseason had kidnapped David he made David one of his slaves, and is planning to take him to the

It seems we hear a considerable amount on the topic of leadership today. Moral, business and particularly political leadership gains attention on our national news, personal conversations and even appearing on posts within social networks.

David is a prime example of one who uses directive leadership. He showed this when he decided that he wanted Bathsheba for himself even though she was married. On the eve of her husband?s death, David sent this message to his first in command Joab. ?Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die,? 2 Samuel 11:14. He did this because he knew that he had the power and no one could stop him. To make this more ironic, the message was brought by Uriah, no knowing that would be his last day alive. This

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King David was a man that always looks after God and loved to be respectful to others, his spiritual connection to God was so powerful than any other rulers of the time. David was trusting, obedient and devoted king who looked after his people and took care of their needs. His kindhearted behavior toward the enemies was one his greatest strength. He was a gracious man who bears with the failure of others and loved to motivate people. David achieved many successes during his time in power and was well respected by people. Finally, David’s way to live life is a great example people can use to influence

Anyway, when he came running up to the gate the question on David’s lips was not what you would expect. You would expect him to be concerned about the battle and the outcome of his kingdom, but instead the question on King David’s mind was, how about the young man, is he safe? The messenger told him that everything was alright.

This leadership model has strong ties to the greatest leader of all, Jesus Christ. Christ used this type of modeling when he prepared his apostles for their ministry work in Matthew. Christ began by laying out the the mission, “gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every disease and every sickness.” (Matthew 10:15, New Revised Standard Version). He gave them that authority in order to prepare them for the unclean cities and people they were to encounter. As He continue to address these 12, Christ explained to them they were to “proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Matt. 10:7, NRSV). By addressing the people of the cities to this news, the apostles would also use a form of situational leadership by preparing the people for

In his journey he was now accompanied by 600 men in Ein Gedi he snuck up on saul in a cave and did not kill him,but instead tore a piece of his cloth at this point saul confessed to his deed and told david he was next in line to be king.After David swore to saul he would not ruin the line of kings that did not stop his pursuit soon david was in service with the enemy Achish the philistine king of gath,he trusted david with control of the city ziklag. He then “raided city of nomads who harmed jews and gave spoils as gifts to leader of

The enemy (Amalekites) had come in burned King David and his man’s property down and took their wives, kids and things. The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but God comes that we may have life and have it more abundantly. His men were so grieved that they thought of stoning David to death. The men wept to they had no power to weep and this made them want to kill King David. The scripture says, King David encouraged himself in the Lord. This journey is going to be up and down and sometimes you will have no one to talk to but the Lord. King David had no one to talk to but God, because his men thought of stoning him. Life is like that when people think it is your entire fault they want

In the second verse, David says, "When evil-doers drew night unto me to eat my flesh, my oppressors and mine enemies themselves weakened and fell." By evildoers, enemies, and oppressors he means Saul's party. They fell dead and became weak in the war against the Philistines. God forsook the people trying to persecute David, because they have forsaken God (Makrakis, 161-162). His enemies could never do him harm, because time and time again the Lord delivered him. David took his stand trusting on the highlands of faith, and because of that God always had His angels guarding David.

After David was rejected by Saul and had knowledge that Saul was going to kill him, David fled to Philistine territory and acted as a madman to keep from being killed (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). David was granted the town of Ziklag from King Achish after David asked the king as a friend to do so (1 Samuel 27, n.d.). David suspected that Saul would discontinue his search for David once Saul knew that David was in Philistine territory. David joined forces with the Philistines because he kept the interest of his people, God's chosen people at heart and acted as a bodyguard for the Philistine king (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).

Throughout my life I have experienced a variety of things. Among those things I have dealt with is leadership. Leadership is having the ability to lead or guide others. Anyone can become a leader if they set their mind to doing it. A quote I always liked said “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better” –Bill Bradley. This quote to me simply says that you have to enhance the lives of other if you want to be a great leader yourself. In my paper I would like to discuss a few leadership experiences I have been involved in while here at The University of Southern Mississippi.