Leadership to me is more of a responsibility rather than a high position or some sort of priviledge to be heading something.
For me… I’ve never been really declared a LEADER.. though I’m in Bible School, a pastor’s kid, someone people all know in the church but still I am not given position on a silver spoon. Till now i’m am just serving in whatever given to me.. Nothing big or significant maybe not even leading people or a given a group of people to lead…
I’m not like some people whom their names will always go up the list when it comes to leadership positions. I may not even be officially selected or officially trained to be a “leader-to-be”.
Plain and simple.. I’m just being trained sometimes with no promises of any position from anywhere. I’m just trained because of what I know as the call to be His servant. Ask me if i do get envious or jealous of people whose names just fly up the list when it comes to being a leader or people who come into Bible school with already a goal to be trained and go back and lead in some specific department or ministry??? Yes sometime i honestly do get discouraged and i ask God where am i heading to. Why isn’t there a specific goal prepared for me or a specific direction to where i’m heading?
Somehow.. after the Global Leadership Summit, one thing for me is clear. The call is clear..the adventure is clear.
The road may not be clear, opportunities and open doors may not come easy and swift, my name may not always be up the leadership list, neither will i always be given the chance to lead or even be known as a leader, I may feel inadequate being in a conference of all leaders and people who leads in someway.
But I was still encouraged that is the adventure of following God and His plan that should be my focus. It may never be glamorous or recognized in my entire lifetime but I want to be a leader to everyone i meet. When i say leader i mean – EXAMPLE. i want to reflect exemplary values. I dont have to wait to be a leader of a great ministry or a leader of a youth group to start learning leadership skills. If i can be a leader to everyone I meet by being a godly example; I count that all joy
Thank God for a new perspective of LEADERSHIP!!
That right, you got it right. Cheering you on girl. The beacon of our leadership is our life nothing more nothing less.
Yeah, I agree I think sometimes i forget that my leadership is just by example. Hhmm… food for thought….
yeah thanks to both of you for your comments…. the summit was a good reminder to what true leadership is..
Well, I must agree with you. Most of the leaders are very much interested in the position so that they have the final say. If they don’t agree with what you have said they will just shut you up and walk off from there. You are left feeling frustrated because not given a chance to explain. I realise this is the way for them to cover up their mistakes. By doing this they do not need to deal or admit that they are wrong.
Leadership is a position that you need to earn it and not given.Many times among the Christian community when they meet up with you and know that you are a full time staff, one common question they will ask is what are you doing in your Church, are you heading any department? It just shows that they want to know if you are holding any leadership position or if you are somebody in the Church.
I just wonder what happen to the Christians, the servant and humble mentality is just not there, we are so much like the worldly leaders that are fighting for position and talk behind people’s back to bring down another fellow Christian and sometimes even gang up to do so and fill so proud about it because they have followers.
As Christians, I just wonder if they ever look as Jesus as the model or do they ever have fear for the Lord.