follow the Leader

-Servant

-Servant-Leadership

According to Robert Greenleaf a servant-leader is "servant first…It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first." A servant first, not a leader first.

After being a servant, you may be inspired to become a leader. There is a big difference between a servant-first leader and a leader-first leader.

Who is a servant?

-Tends to needs of others

-Laborers

-Obedience is expected

-Belong to someone else

-Gives up reputation

This got me thinking…

I'd like to think that I'm a servant, but really, do I have these qualities? Do I need these qualities?

Our Professor asked us if we thought this statement was true: "Your reputation is all you have."

Yes? No?

1 Timothy 3:7- He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap. (NIV)

1 Timothy 4:12- Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. (NIV)

Luke 7:33-34- For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."

If you have any thoughts or anything I'd like to hear!