Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Your Journey Toward Servant Leadership
This article is a sound overview on how to be a good servant leader. It is just one of more than thirty articles in a series of articles about this method of leadership. One of the most insightful thoughts within this article is that you have to learn to be a servant leader. You can’t be taught to be a servant leader. A person has to practice the concept and through this he or she can learn the process of being a servant leader. This series of articles provides the “principles, pathways, and practices” of servant leadership. A person can only choose by themselves to whether they are going to follow this form of leadership.
The other point that I found important in this article is that servant leadership is a journey that is a continual process and just need to be improved upon as the leader keeps striving to follow the pattern of Christ within his or her leadership. There are references to Scripture in this article to show how Christ exemplified servant leadership. As a servant leader a person builds relationships and lives a way of life that affects and is affected by other people along the journey.
I am finding that I relate the most to this method of leadership and am looking forward to reading more of this series of articles as I continue learning to be the best leader that I can be by modeling Christ’s example as a leader.
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ReplyDeleteI believe in servant leadership; I agree that a person has to “learn” how to become a servant leader. Jesus is a true model for servant leadership. I would like to read this article you are discussing and add it to my collection of reading regarding this topic. Being a servant (slave) within the Kingdom of God is one of the highest honors a person can achieve. A “suffering” servant is the mold our Lord took as a prototype for service (ministry) unto our God. Many Christians do not wish to hear this gospel (good news) for it requires us to do something for someone else without any benefit to ourselves. Hebrews 5:7-10 reveals that suffering is the actual source of Jesus' "learned obedience." If for no other reason, this topic of suffering commands our respect. When we study Scripture, we might be surprised by the multiple instances when Jesus suffers or may have suffered. Question, how did Jesus trust God, the Father, while suffering? Jesus' trust in the Father during crises is highlighted in 1 Peter 2:23; crucial about this passage is its context. Jesus' primary trust was in God as a Just Judge. Jesus teaches us that we can trust in the Father, just as Jesus did.
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