2 Samuel 18:2- serving with the troops
David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, “I myself will surely march out with you.” 2 Samuel 18:2 I love the life of King David. He is a great example of what a leader can, could, and should be. I love the love of King David because he is a leader that everyone can look at and seem themselves in one or more aspects of his life. He is a man who desires to follow God. He is a man after God's own heart (Acts 13:22). He is a man who desires fellowship with God, and yet he is a man whose own sin nature gets in his way (2 Sam. 11). There are many lessons to learn from the life of King David (one is which I hope to begin to study). Today, as I was reading through 2 Samuel 18 this verse jumped out and I saw a leadership principle that I still have not been able to forget. Don't ask the people you are leading to do something that you are