APOSTOLIC LEADERSHIP: BUILDING AN ACCURATE AND EFFECTIVE APOSTOLIC RESOURCE CENTRE
INTRODUCTION
Whenever God wants to transform a territory preserve a generation or shift a system he does not merely raise a preacher he raises a man who becomes more than a preacher and who becomes a Resource Center.
We have several examples in the scriptures:
- Joseph became a resource center to Egypt during famine.
- Daniel in Babylon during political corruption and captivity.
- David became a resource in Israel during national instability.
A resource centre is not simply a gifted man it’s a man carrying answers for a generation, a man carrying wisdom in a crisis a man carrying stability and direction in confusion, and give spiritual supply for territories.
In every generation, there are two kinds of leaders, those who consume resources and those who become resource centres for their people. God is raising apostolic leaders today who are not merely looking for platforms, titles, or feasibility, but leaders who can become solution hubs and centres of influence, builders of systems, carriers of wisdom, and an agent to transform our generation.
The real question today as you read this is:
- Can your generation depend on you for a solution?
- Can territories depend on your spiritual supply?
- Can leaders depend on your wisdom, discernment, instability in season and out of season?
I believe God never raises men merely to occupy space and carry big titles but he is raising us to become:
- Supply centres to the territories and generations as a resource centre leader.
- You are therefore more than a preacher, you are a carrier of a divine solution for God’s people.
- You are a man who supply answers during crisis.
- A man who can build effective and accurate systems for generations in season and out of season.
HOW TO BECOME AN APOSTOLIC RESOURCE CENTRE
The question today is, how do you become a resource centre? The truth of the matter is that you cannot be a resource centre if you are not connected with another resource hub. Those of us who are connected in the Household know the importance of a spiritual father as a resource centre. But it requires more than having a father. It requires your personal intentionality toward maturity and alignment with God’s ordained order. Grace will give you potential. The father’s grace will give you potential, but your ability to go through the process will create capacity in you to become a centre of resource for your generation. The greatest challenge today, in our continent is that many pastors want to go through shortcuts.
We don’t want to go through the process to be made and to become a centre for our generation. In scriptures, God never releases men into influence without process. He took Joseph through a process and turned his dream into a national economic solution.
In the book of Genesis chapter 41, David, from being a shepherd of a few sheep to a man who brought governmental stability in Israel. Moses did not only deliver people, but he also built a system and leadership structures.
In the book of Exodus chapter 18, we see what God did. And he has a people like Daniel, a slave man who governed Babylon through wisdom. Excellency and spiritual consistency. From all these patterns we see a clear principle is arise.
WITHOUT PROCESS, THERE IS NO CAPACITY. WITHOUT CAPACITY, NO LASTING INFLUENCE AND IMPACT.
In the book of Ezekiel 1 we see a picture of a working system. The focus in this blog for now is on:
Ezekiel 1:10 NKJV
(10) As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.
The Bible says. Each had a human face in the front, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle at the back.
In the book of Revelation 4, where the functions of an apostle is described, repeats the same symbolic picture. It says the first living creature was like a lion. the second, like a creature of a calf. The third living creature had a face of a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF AN APOSTOLIC RESOURCE CENTRE
An effective Apostolic Resource Center must have the four dimensions fully developed:
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THE FACE OF A MAN
The Face of the Man carries profound significance for both who Christ is and how the Church should function:
The Perfected, Mature Man
The four faces serves as a blueprint for spiritual growth. The man represents the mature mind of Christ. It signifies a believer who has grown out of spiritual infancy into wisdom, understanding, and the full “stature of Christ”.
Ephesians 4:13 NKJV
(13) till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Empathy and Relational Ministry
The Gospel of Luke—the gospel associated with the face of the man—portrays Jesus as the Great Physician and the compassionate friend of the broken. From an apostolic standpoint, this means that true spiritual authority must always be grounded in a deep, relatable understanding of human struggles. To minister effectively, leaders are taught to emulate this face by walking among people, sharing in their sufferings, and extending divine compassion.
Restoration of the Image of God
The man symbolizes the original intent of creation: humanity made in the image and likeness of God.
Genesis 1:26 NKJV
(26) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
In the New Testament, Jesus is the “Last Adam” .
1 Corinthians 15:45 NKJV
(45) And so it is written, “THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
God restored what was lost. Apostolic teaching emphasizes that believers are being transformed into this exact image to represent God’s nature accurately in the natural world.
Earthly Function and Servanthood
As a “man,” Christ operated within the confines of the natural, earthly realm so that He could model a lifestyle of faith, obedience, and endurance for followers to copy. It is the grounding force that ensures spiritual gifts (the eagle) and boldness (the lion) are balanced with practical, loving, and humble interaction with everyday people.
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THE FACE OF A LION.
Proverbs 28:1 NKJV
(1) The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Genesis 49:9 NKJV
(9) Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
We see in the book Genesis JudaH as a lion with a sceptre. A Lion represent courage and boldness. Kingdom resource centres cannot be timid and cannot be a timid team. They must be a Jacob team and must build capacity to confront systems. They are mandates to Pioneer territories to speak truth with courage and to take risk for Kingdom expansion not giving excuses in any given moment.
Sadly many pastors especially in the Africa church has developed a sheep dimension instead of developing a lion dimension. There is an inability to speak to the inaccurate systems and they cannot confront issues.
The strength of an ox an ox represents service and humility. The capacity to be productive in servant leadership faithfulness. The ability to sacrifice and to die to self.
Proverbs 14:4 NKJV
(4) Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
This dimension is a dimension that gives stamina to sustain what the lion dimension conquers.
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THE FACE OF AN EAGLE
Isaiah 40:31 NKJV
(31) But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
We must develop the ability to rise above limitation and to see from heaven’s perspective and move with speed and position.
A hub centre must build and develop this dimension to avoid populating only from human wisdom and information.
THE DIMENSION OF THE FACE OF MAN
The focus today is on the face of a man.
The Man dimension speaks of wisdom and intelligence, relationship, social skills, character and integrity.
Romans 12:2 NKJV
(2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Many servants of God today has developed the lion dimension, the ox dimension and the eagle dimension but they are struggling to develop the man dimension.
They are spiritually gifted but mentally undeveloped, anointed and full of grace, but emotionally unstable, powerful in prayer and in the word, but weak in relationship and social life. They live a lonely life. They are exhausted and tired.
The truth is, your anointing and grace will open doors and territories for you. but your maturity and character will sustain your influence.
Apostolic ministry is not sustained by power alone. It is sustained by wisdom, character, emotional discipline and discernment.
BIBLICAL PATTERNS FOR DEVELOPMENT
JOSEPH AS A RESOURCE CENTRE
As Joseph developed this phase he was able to build a strategic relationship with one of his brothers Reuben who intervened to save him in the book of Genesis 37:21
Genesis 37:21 NKJV
(21) But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”
He exercised discipline character and integrity under immense pressure. He fled temptation in Potiphar’s house.
Genesis 39:12 NKJV
(12) that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
Joseph understood one key thing. Not every battle must be fought. Some battles must be escaped or ignored. Because Joseph had developed the face of a man, prison couldn’t hold him. Betrayal could not poison him, and the pressure could not destroy him. He eventually became a national resource centre for Egypt during crisis.
DAVID AS A RESOURCE CENTRE
David demonstrated remarkable emotional wisdom and relational maturity in leadership. He showed mercy to Saul even when Saul was pursuing him to kill him, restraining himself as recorded in 1 Samuel 24. He also discerned people accurately and built strategic relationships. In 1 Chronicles 12, we see him receiving mighty men with wisdom—men who added military strength, leadership support, and strategic reinforcement to his cause. David honored the weak, refused to cast aside exhausted soldiers, and even spared the Egyptian servant in 1 Samuel 30. His life teaches us that leadership is not sustained by spiritual power alone; it also requires emotional intelligence, relational wisdom, and responsible stewardship of people.
I submit to you that an apostolic leader must learn how to build relationships and strategic allies to create an impact and influence for his generation as an apostolic resource centre.
Let us take a moment to look at the consequences of not developing this dimension of man.
THE CASE STUDY OF SAMSON: FAILING TO BUILD THIS DIMENSION
Samson was a man of immense anointing, a man created to function as a one-man army. He was extraordinarily strong physically, yet deeply weak emotionally. He developed the strength of the ox and the boldness of the lion, but he failed to develop the face of a man—the dimension of relationships, discipline, emotional stability, discernment, and character.
Samson repeatedly entered relationships without wisdom or covenant discernment.
Judges 14:3 NKJV
(3) Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”
He was driven by fleshly appetite rather than spiritual judgment. Despite the warnings of his father, he ignored covenant boundaries and purpose alignment. He pursued what was pleasing to his eyes rather than what was right before God.
We also see a repeated pattern of poor relational discernment in Samson’s life. In Judges 16, Delilah became the doorway to his downfall. What he failed to discern spiritually eventually destroyed him naturally.
Wrong association can make an anointed man lose his vision. Samson lost his eyes, he lost his strength, he lost his hair, and ultimately he lost his assignment. Long and unhealthy association can rob a leader of grace, dominion, focus, and spiritual sensitivity.
Another major weakness in Samson was emotional instability.
Judges 15:7 NKJV
(7) Samson said to them, “Since you would do a thing like this, I will surely take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
Rather than responding strategically under pressure, as Joseph and David often did, Samson reacted emotionally. This is one of the greatest dangers when a leader fails to develop the man dimension: he begins to react to situations instead of offering direction through them.
Samson’s emotions often controlled his actions. He could not govern his anger, his appetites, or his attachments, and this opened the door to unnecessary battles and escalated conflict.
As leaders, it is vital that we develop the face of a man and sharpen our discernment. Strength without maturity is dangerous.
Three different times Samson was confronted with signs of danger, yet he failed to discern what was happening.
Judges 16:15 NKJV
(15) Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
Even after repeated betrayal attempts, Samson remained emotionally attached. He underestimated spiritual warfare, and that led to the ultimate tragedy recorded in Judges 16:20:
Judges 16:20 NKJV
(20) And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
This is one of the greatest tragedies of our generation. Many leaders are operating by momentum, knowledge, and experience rather than by discernment and the leading of the Holy Spirit. They build large networks and growing congregations, yet they cannot govern their appetites. Samson could defeat lions, but he could not defeat his own desires. He could break chains, but he could not break unhealthy relationships.
Instead of delivering his generation and becoming a resource centre to his people, Samson became entertainment for the Philistines—the very people he was called to confront. In the same way, many gifted leaders today have become spectacles to the world, not because they lack anointing, not because they lack fathers, and not because they lack the Word, but because they have not developed the dimension of a man.
The tragedy of Samson was never the absence of anointing. The tragedy was the absence of maturity to preserve it.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, a true apostolic resource centre must carry both power and maturity to become effective in this generation. This happens when a leader is intentional about developing all four dimensions: the courage of a lion, the strength and service of an ox, the vision of an eagle, and the character, relational wisdom, and emotional maturity of a man.
In both ministry and the marketplace, gifted leaders often rise quickly because of grace, insight, and skill, yet their long-term effectiveness is sustained by maturity. Misaligned relationships, unchecked appetites, and a lack of spiritual discernment can quietly erode vision, weaken credibility, and eventually sabotage destiny.
Many leaders today are gifted, influential, and full of potential, yet their impact is weakened by misaligned relationships, undisciplined desires, and the absence of spiritual discernment. These silent weaknesses often erode vision, compromise effectiveness, and eventually sabotage destiny.
A QUESTION FOR REFLECTION
How can leaders intentionally develop the face of a man so they can sustain their calling and become true resource centres for their generation, especially in the marketplace? And in what ways do prolonged associations, unchecked appetites, and a lack of spiritual alignment silently destroy the vision and effectiveness of gifted leaders today?
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