Sunday, June 01, 2008

I found it ...
Here it is, the best definition of "servant leadership" or "servanthood" (as I've been calling it) that I have read. I've you've read my previous 3-4 posts, you will know that I have been hearing "humility" on a consistent basis and in this, I've been trying to articulate what that means in a leadership capacity. I haven't done a very good job of it but today, I have THE answer. Here it is...

(Now imagine if you heard your CEO say "this is how we are going to do business going forward"...)

If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care - then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then he died a self-less, obedient death - and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion.
Philippians 2 The Message

Imagine if that is how business was run - putting the needs of others ahead of ourselves - not fighting for promotion but celebrating the promotion of others - no jealousy - humility - dying to our own self and helping others succeed. Just imagine how this would transform a business! Think of how this would transform the church! No agendas, no "I need to be heard", the attitude of a servant.

Soar!

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