Servant Leadership

I found this article off of Andrew Jones' blog. I thought I would share some quotes from the blog Andrew linked to here as well. The words are beautiful:

Sevant Leadership

The joy of salvation binds us as a community. We accept each other like brothers and sisters. The church is like Noah’s ark: you won’t be able to stand the smell inside, but there is a judgment outside!...
When you look at a Christian community, you can criticize the members and say: ‘You must do this and this…’ It is important to give instructions, but more basic is the joy of salvation, the heart of Christian community...

Ephesians 4 stresses the importance of unity within the body of Christ. Paul writes: ‘As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.’ (Ephesians 4:1,2).

The way we behave is essential – it is all about community, holiness. We need to be gentle people. When you realize that salvation is a gift of God, you have to be humble. Today the world says to us: ‘How dare you say that Christ is the only way!? You are so arrogant!’ But the heart of the Gospel is against arrogance. We are thrilled by our salvation and we are focused on gratitude!
A true Christian says: ‘Look what God has done. In spite of all my weaknesses He has saved me!’ ‘I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.’ (Ephesians 3:13) We find joy in our weaknesses and we bear with one another. Paul says: ‘Bear with one another as the Lord has forgiven you.’

We have committed the greatest sin: treason. God has forgiven us of this greatest sin. That is why we are a joyous and forgiving community. With patience comes kindness. Often these qualities are mentioned together in the Bible: ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness...’ (Gal. 5:22). ‘Love is patient, love is kind’ (1 Cor. 13). So patience and kindness are connected.

We need to be kind to one another. So as a leader, foster joy and foster patience! We also have to work together with people who don’t know Christ. Leaders are people who help others. Joy is a feature of a leader.

These are just some of what the article says. They are just quotes from different parts of the article. I encourage everyone to read it. Its beautiful and so challanging! I hope we all take something awesome from that article.