IBS week 8
Matthew 20:26-28 " But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slaves. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many."
In the previous verse it's saying how authority is always holding it over your head that they are in a higher power and are being very boastful about it all, and we can all see that today in most places of authority and leadership. But when we look at Jesus he did the complete opposite, even though He had every right to say 'no I'm not going to because I am the Lord over everything and I have people to do that'. He still went to the lowly and washed their feet, ate with the criminals and outcasts of the days, and did the hard work even though He didn't have to. But He did because He wanted to be an example to all of us that to be a good leader and someone in high authority you have to be willing to serve and not just be served. You have to understand what your people are going through to be able to correctly lead the people under you. It is easy to come to a place where you have all the qualifications to be in charge and have not done the grunt work, and expect certain things from people that just aren't possible because you don't know the true extent of the work that you are asking of them. Like we have heard many times since being hear 'to be a great leader you first have to learn how to follow'. The main way could be following Jesus' example and be okay with not being honored or praised but instead stuck doing the dirty work. Jesus was never not humble and that is a main attitude take away that we can see, to never be so prideful that you can't do the little works.
Application:
Not grumble or complain when asked to do something.
In the previous verse it's saying how authority is always holding it over your head that they are in a higher power and are being very boastful about it all, and we can all see that today in most places of authority and leadership. But when we look at Jesus he did the complete opposite, even though He had every right to say 'no I'm not going to because I am the Lord over everything and I have people to do that'. He still went to the lowly and washed their feet, ate with the criminals and outcasts of the days, and did the hard work even though He didn't have to. But He did because He wanted to be an example to all of us that to be a good leader and someone in high authority you have to be willing to serve and not just be served. You have to understand what your people are going through to be able to correctly lead the people under you. It is easy to come to a place where you have all the qualifications to be in charge and have not done the grunt work, and expect certain things from people that just aren't possible because you don't know the true extent of the work that you are asking of them. Like we have heard many times since being hear 'to be a great leader you first have to learn how to follow'. The main way could be following Jesus' example and be okay with not being honored or praised but instead stuck doing the dirty work. Jesus was never not humble and that is a main attitude take away that we can see, to never be so prideful that you can't do the little works.
Application:
Not grumble or complain when asked to do something.
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