Servant Leadership

At New Covenant Bible Church we are on a mission to raise up servant leaders and one way we do this is through an 8 week study called Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard, author of the One Minute Manager. Click here to check out the book.

This morning we reviewed the four tests of a servant leader:

1. Welcoming and accepting feedback.
2. Succession planning when your season of leadership is past.
3. Letting God be the leader and you be the servant.
4. When you are treated like a servant you should respond like a servant.

As I was reading the Bible this morning I ran across a verse that talked about the problem a leader faces when they experience success. King Uzziah followed the Lord in all he did:

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success. 2 Chronicles 26:4-5 NIV

Check out what happened later in his life:

But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. 2 Chronicles 26:16 NIV

Uzziah's pride led to his downfall. We have to constantly guard against pride. Pride results in a self-serving leadership and although there may be short term successes, ultimately it will be the downfall of the individual and/or the downfall of the company/church they lead.

Lord, help me not to become proud, but to have a humble, servant's heart fully submitted to you to be a servant leader giving you all the glory! Tye out.