"Leadership" might be the most overused and misunderstood word in our modern vocabulary. Hundreds of new books are published every year on this subject, and yet it seems that the growing library of research and commentary makes leadership more mystical and less accessible to the average person.
Jesus said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all" (Mk 9:35). According to Jesus it is the servant, not the ruler, who has the ultimate power. He went on to demonstrate the power of a servant by humbling himself to death on the cross so that he might overcome death, defeating the powers of darkness and securing our eternal salvation.
Anyone who is willing to serve others wields immense spiritual power, for God has chosen "...the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." Marianne Williamson suggests that, "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
Are all of us given the spiritual gift of leadership? No. In his infinite wisdom God has made some members of the body to be eyes, some to be hands and others to be feet (see 1 Cor 12). But does that mean that only a few may be leaders? Certainly not. Anyone who assumes the role of a servant has tremendous leadership potential, but not necessarily in the way our world (which often describes leadership in terms of power and position) defines it.
Can I encourage you to invest six minutes and fourteen seconds to have your assumptions about leadership challenged and see how God can use you today to have a positive powerful force in someone else's life? What's all this got to do with lollipops? Watch this...
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