Leaders Get Down & Dirty

So often as Christian leaders we allow culture to influence how we lead and also what it means to be a leader. Jesus is Lord and king of the universe. The most powerful, magnificent, huge, incredible ALL knowing being ever...so Jesus could have simply come down to earth, delivered some poignant sermons on how to do life correctly, how to get saved, how to follow God and then just said 'peace out' and buzzed up to heaven...

But Jesus didn't do that. He walked around, a LOT, going from place to place, rolling up his sleeves, making sure to mix in with people, share life and get His hands dirty SERVING others. He chose to walk it out and show everyone not just through His words, but by His actions.

We need to use Jesus as our model and ultimate definition for leadership. The greatest leaders by Gods standards are those who follow closely on the heels of Jesus. Leaders SERVE. Leaders are the first one in, the last one out. Leaders are the ones to climb into the mess and not just call in a cleaning crew.

So when He had finished washing their feet and had put on His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you? You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is what I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you this as an example, so that you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, A servant is not greater than his master, and no one who is sent is superior to the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed and happy and to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them].

-John 13:12-17