Jeremiah 45:5a
And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them;
Because we children of Adam want to become great,
He became small.
Because we will not stoop,
He humbled himself.
Because we want to rule,
He came to serve.
I was skimming through the book on Spiritual leadership by J.Oswald Sanders, and the words above are found in the 1st chapter of the book. Its interesting, for being a spiritual leadership is never about showing off or being all the way on top. It is about genuine serving that often comes with "bitter cup of challenges and painful baptism of suffering".
Ambitions for such leadership is to be God-centred and not self-centred. Some verses that relates to the idea. (Mark 10:42-44, Jeremiah 45:5)
I am suddenly reminded that the bible that saves is the bible that humbles. Thus, let us put pride off the picture and let God show us our talents in serving Him, with a true and honorable ambition that God is well pleased.
All these, I write as a mere man and just like any other man, there may be misinterpretation of the bible and ideas which is the job of the Holy Spirit to convict and rebuke, through various revelation.
That's all for now on chapter 1 of Spiritual leadership.
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