Our culture places a huge emphasis on leadership. We are all supposed to be leaders at work, at home, and everywhere.
In chapter 23 of his book, Unoffendable, Brant Hansen talks about this with a different take. He notes that there are 10 times as many books on leadership compared to books on following in Christian bookstores. He also points out that, throughout the Bible, God chooses the "broken and humble" to carry out his tasks -- Moses is the prime example.
Humility is what God uses. Moses was both humble and a leader, so they are not mutually exclusive. However, God made him spend 40 years tending sheep to get over himself and the leadership stuff he learned in Egypt before he called him to lead His people. What is God's priority? Would he want us going to seminars on leadership or helping the guy next door with a project or giving a whore a birthday party?
I am in a management role and I read books on leadership but I really should be doing what Paul said and forget everything except Christ crucified. Will the things I read and hear about leadership lead me closer to Christ and living a humble, servant life, or more towards a controlling attitude?
This is just my opinion, but I feel that God is calling me to "bloom where I am planted", i.e. focus on my kids and wife and family and people that I come in contact with every day. I don't want to change the world. I don't even want to be the best me I can be. Neither objective is achievable. I just want to let Jesus work through my broken-ness.
Keith Green said, "Give it your best. Pray that it's blessed. He'll take care of the rest." I want to be less and less so that He becomes greater.
Part of me also wants everyone to think like me. :)
Maybe that is why I am writing this. If so, I hope that you forgive me.
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