Level 2: "Model the way" - showed respect for
Saul, even though he
was a bad leader
Level 2: "Encourage the heart" -
showed appreciation for
Saul's individual
achievements and respect
toward God's choice for
Saul as a leader
Level 1: sought advice from the
Lord and others (Nathan)
Level 2: Getting feedback
Level 2: "Enlisting Others" by
heeding their advice instead of
relying on his own understanding
Level 2: learning from others by
listening to instruction and wisdom
Level 1: mourned the death of
Abner--a death he was not
responsible for--by refusing
to eat anything
Showed empathy
and remorse
The people were
convinced that he did
not kill Abner
Level 2: Integrity and Righteousness
Level 1: whatever he did
pleased the people
Level 2: "Inspire Others" by building trust
and facilitating relationships. He
established credibility with the people by
being honest and trustworthy.
Level 1: led corporate worship when
the Ark of the Covenant
came to the City of David
Level 2: "Inspire
others" to worship God
Level 2: "Enable others to act" - by
encouraging the free worship
of God
Level 2: "Model the way" - Michal did not see the
meaning behind David's worship of God and
ridicules him. Instead, David says that he will
continue to worship God in spite of what people
think.
Level 1: Praised God after victories
and being prophesied
over by Nathan
Level 2: "Encourage the heart" - David appreciated and
acknowledged the
work that God had
done
Level 1: acknowledged the
kindness of others and tried to repay them
Level 2: "Encourage the heart" by
recognizing the
contributions of others.
Level 1: sought to
please the
Lord
Level 2: "Clarify values" - God's
commands were King David's
values.
Level 1: planned to build a
temple for the Lord to
dwell in
Level 2: "forward-looking"
by establishing a place of
worship for all generations
Level 2: Inspired a shared vision by desiring
to build a house for the God his
nation worshiped.
Level 2: "Challenge the process" - God's presence
(the Ark of the Covenant) had always been in
tents and carried along wherever the children of
Israel traveled. David challenged past practices
by choosing to move the ark of the covenant to a
permanent place.
Level 1: blessed the
people
Level 2: "Encourage others" by
speaking well of them and
proclaiming God's favor on them.
Level 1: took care of
Mephibosheth,
Saul's son
Level 2: "Enable others to act" by showing love
and appreciation for Jonathan's son. He
included him as a part of his own family, when
there was literally no place for him and his
family anymore.
Level 1: able to discern good and evil when the
woman of Tekoah came to see him.
Level 2: "Model the way" by having wisdom
Level 2: overcoming potential
conflict by seeing the big picture.
Level 1: Killed the people who took pleasure in taking
another's life, such as the Amalekite who
killed Saul and Rechab and Baanah who
killed Ish-bosheth, Saul's son.
Level 2: Clarified his own values and
set an example that such behavior is
inexcusable. Showed impartiality.