What does it look like to be a humble leader? Don’t just skip this one because you’re so humble you don’t consider yourself a leader, we are all called to be leaders.
Read 1 Peter 5:2-7 and journal your thoughts
Did you catch it? There were actually 6 features of how to be a humble leader. First we need to be a willing shepherd of what God has put us in charge of. So many times it’s easy to look at the “official” church positions, whether it’s pastor, elder, or Sunday School teacher as people who are in charge of things, but what are the things/people in your world what God has put you in charge of? Not only are we called to be shepherd but we are to be willing shepherds. God doesn’t want to force us to follow Him, but that we should want to follow Him from the best situations to the lowest. In our willingness to serve we shouldn’t be greedy but willing to give up anything and everything. In our humility we should be eager to serve God where ever He calls us. In all of this we are to be an example to everyone else, so they know what a leader should look like. Finally, God calls us to not be anxious after all, He is going to supply our needs no matter how big or small they may be.
Whew, that was a lot but nothing really surprising. Most of this stuff is a natural product of what it looks like to be humble. We are called to be willing and eager to shepherd and to be an example while not being greedy or anxious, easy right?
Today pray that God would reveal each one of these things to you in your own lives.
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