Leadership is tough.
Good leadership is hard to come by.
Exceptional leadership is a near rarity!
And there are so few good, solid — exceptional models to follow… aren’t there?!
I love this passage from Eugene Peterson on the nature of human leadership!
It comes from his introduction of Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus in The Message translation of the Bible… Peterson writes,
Christians are quite serious in believing that when they gather together for worship and work, God is present and sovereign, really present and absolutely sovereign. God creates and guides, God saves and heals, God corrects and blesses, God calls and judges. With such comprehensive and personal leadership from God, what is the place of human leadership?
Quite obviously, it has to be second place. It must not elbow its way to the front, it must not bossily take over. Ego-centered, ego-prominent leadership betrays the Master. The best leadership in spiritual communities formed in the name of Jesus, the Messiah, is inconspicuous, not calling attention to itself but not sacrificing anything in the way of conviction and firmness either.
There’s A LOT to chew on there.
Leadership that doesn’t elbow its way to the front…
Leadership that doesn’t bossily take over…
Leadership that’s not ego-centered or ego-prominent… because it betrays the Master — wow.
Instead…
Inconspicuous leadership.
Leadership that does not call attention to itself.
Leadership that does not sacrifice firmness nor conviction.
I want to be this kind of 2nd place leader… don’t you?
What would change in our leadership if we were to more fully embrace this model?
How might it change the look and feel of our ministries?
How might it transform our students in the process?
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