10 Keys to Servanthood

Key number 5: Servants don't seek the glory of leadership

The Church is a body (1 Cor 12:12) and not everyone can be the head or the “upfront” Leader all the time. I think that if a lot more people understood what is required to do a good job as a leader then a lot less people would seek it as fervently as they do. They maybe better suited and more efficient in a different position.

To whom much is given much is required (Luke 12:48).

It is much more rewarding and relaxing to be content in the place God has placed you in for this moment then to be constantly striving and anxious for some “position”.

True leadership is God given not acquired.

In the end, there is only perceived glory in leadership, you can only ever say that God worked in you and through you…which happens to be the same deal for servanthood.

The danger for the servant is to be more conscious of being recognized or of possible rewards then of the job at hand. There is a great verse in the bible that states that the reward for those that seek recognition is that they will simply get what they desire…recognition…and nothing else (Matt 6:1-2).

To me humility is one of the most important virtues a Christian can have because God has grace for the humble and resists the proud (James 4:6) which to me, means that you can mess it up real bad but with humility God will turn it to success. And you can be the most successful person in the world but with pride it will turn to nothing!

Smith Wigglesworth, a man I admire, said this “the only way to get up is to get down”