Are you a servant leader?

Maybe it was the long weekend, but this morning I am just having trouble getting the mind moving. I am sure everyone has had moments like this. You sit down, ready to take on the task at hand, and nothing.

Are you in a position of leadership?

"To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 18:9-14).

In the above parable, Jesus makes clear what is written throughout the Bible. If we do not recognize that we are no better then the next person and that we need to constantly seek God's forgiveness, then we miss the point. If we are put into a position of leadership, this becomes ever more evident. We must not mistake leadership for dictatorship, and we must not misinterpret others confidence in us to lead as a sign that we are better then those we lead. For when we do that, we miss the point.

God Bless you.

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