Thoughts From the Bible

Read Matthew 20: 2 3-28-   This passage from Jesus is one of the pillars of Christian belief. Jesus was showing the disciples  how they needed to learn what was important spiritually and how they needed to change how they thought about spiritual leadership.  Jesus was teaching all of us  how to spiritually lead  in verses 26, 27 and 28 ,  “It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great  a mong you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among yo u must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”   Serving other people does not come naturally to many of us.  We  have to  learn not only how to serve but we  must learn to look for opportunities where service is needed. Jesus is showing us  we not only should serve  others,  but that service will sometimes cost us something.   We must remember we need to incorporate this...

  Read John 13: 12-17 Jesus washed the feet of the disciples to teach them a lesson in servanthood.  It's good for leaders to have times when they must serve others rather than always being in a position to direct other people or given orders for others to follow.  Over a longer period of time, leaders can very easily find themselves in positions of authority that lead to them have a much greater opinion of themselves than is truly warranted.  Some leaders go off the deep end and actually oppress those they lead.   Servanthood is more of a state of mind that it is an action.  Sure, washing the disciples' feet showed Christ as a leader who knew when it was appropriate and necessary to be a servant and to think as a servant.  Leaders can continue to be servants in a leadership position by simply thinking about the impact their directives are having on those who are supposed to carry out the directives.  Is the request being made, allowing the r...