Leadership isn't about exercising your authority over people, nor is it influencing people to do what you want them to do. Look at what Jesus says here: Leading people is all about serving them!
Paul said in Galatians 5:13, "For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another." You see, true, biblical leadership is about loving others and serving them in every need they have.
Not only did Jesus tell us to serve and minister to each other's needs; but He also lived it out. He washed dirty feet. He touched lepers and the unclean of society. He had meals with the unloved in society. Truly we can say "amen" to Jesus' words, "For the Son of Man came to serve and to give His life a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). Not only should we be thankful for Jesus Christ, His life, and His ultimate sacrifice, but we should imitate Him in the things He's called us to do.
"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma" (Ephesians 5:1-2).
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