A Serving Leader

Yet again, the idea of leadership seems to have occurred in my life again! It is as if God is nudging me to try and become a better leader because everything that I do at church seems to revolve around the idea of leadership, especially within worship!

Our student group talk was led by my friend Andrew; it was on the topic of leadership, of how we could all learn from the church leadership advice in 1 Timothy 3, regardless of what we do after we graduate.

We had a discussion of the best qualities of a good leader: someone who knows everyone’s strengths and weaknesses, someone who is fully aware of each responsibility, knowing how each role works, can delegate well and who leads a lifestyle that others should follow.

Of course, these were all great qualities that all great leaders possess, but for those of us who don’t currently have those sorts of characteristics, aspiring to become any sort of leader can be quite challenging, and cause you to feel like you mustn’t have been called by God to lead at all.

Whilst I was processing this idea of clearly not having what it takes to be any sort of adequate leader, it was time for our worship pastor, Matt Courtney, to share what he thought was the most important aspect of a good leader!

He told us that the best leader is a serving leader; one who is always willing to serve others in their position of responsibility. His wisdom is beyond words, especially when I realised that this analogy was connected to the life of Jesus: the perfect leader who came down to earth, not to be served, but to serve.

This has really taught me how to work on becoming the best leader that God wants me to be; to serve others as Jesus did!

Lois