What do you know about leadership? What about Christian leadership or leadership within “church world”?
Did Jesus have anything to say about it?
As a matter of fact, he did.
In Matthew 20:25, Jesus teaches the disciples something fundamental about leadership. When two brothers are pushing and shoving their way to the “top,” Jesus basically says, “the way up is down.”
In Matthew 20:26-28, Christ starts teaching them about servant leadership.
For us today, I want to just focus on four little words at the beginning of Matthew 10:26...
“Not so with you…”
In other words, Jesus turns the disciples’ ideas about leadership upside down. He is renewing their minds. He is telling them, the way they lead is to be distinctly different from how they see others leading.
Leading does not equal lording.
We don’t get to the top to be served and rule with an iron fist. We dive to the bottom and pick up a towel and a basin.
Servant leadership earns trust which is one of the currencies of leadership.
So if you are currently leading or want to lead in church world, serve God by serving those you lead. Get on your knees to pray and get on your knees to serve.
Be distinctly different in how you lead in God’s church for His glory.
Sidenote: I had another idea in mind for this blog today. I think God lead me in this other way. I pray that it helped to remind you and encourage you today. Next blog post will focus either on praying as a leader or growing as a leader…as God leads and according to His will.
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