Where do youths stand in leadership? Pt 1 (Youth Anniversary)

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 

Acts 2:17 KJV

So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; 

Numbers 1:45 KJV

The youth have a place in leadership, there is space in the nation and rule. Our youth doesn’t simply qualify us for the role of leadership. What we want the the young people with character who can show that they are different from the old form of leadership. The realities of leadership today are very different from what is obtainable in the past. We have to lead by example.
There is no way we can advocate for youth leadership without fixing the system from the ground up.

There are 2 categories of youths

1. Those who are educated and have the right back ground
2. The uneducated used and influenced by the corrupt

We must not seat on the fence and expect things to be right. Also, we must not just wake up one day to be a leader. We have to build a flow that takes us to the top where we can become influencers and leaders.
We cannot continue to ascribe our leadership to God, Pastors, Imams and Babalawos. We need to take the lead. Be the vanguard for your course, be ready to sanction and censor things that are not right to ensure that a way for youth leadership can open up.

For the youth to take leadership, they have to be ready and must demonstrate what is right without compromising on it. The youth must learn not to join them when they are doing the wrong thing. Most times leadership becomes a burden to the youth because they have no understanding of the responsibilities attached to it, hence, they become worse than the leaders they complain about.

As a youth going into leadership, ask yourself this question;

• What do I want to achieve as a leader?
• Why do I want to be a leader?
• What do I have to offer to the people I will lead?

The revolution that will change the country will start in the church because it is a place where values and morals are taught.