One time in my senior year in one of my fluffy nursing classes about leadership, we were each supposed to stand up and say one word that describes a leader or leadership. I was one of the last ones to go, and was shocked (well, not shocked, just extremely disappointed) that people were saying so many self-focused words like "power" and "prestige" and not one person said anything about service. So I stood up and said "serving" or something like that. People automatically balk at the idea of being a servant because it requires a great of giving up of pride and implication that others are better than you. But, as you touched on, the greatest servant of all is also the one whose name is above every name. And at the name of a servant, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that the servant is the Lord.
One time in my senior year in one of my fluffy nursing classes about leadership, we were each supposed to stand up and say one word that describes a leader or leadership. I was one of the last ones to go, and was shocked (well, not shocked, just extremely disappointed) that people were saying so many self-focused words like "power" and "prestige" and not one person said anything about service. So I stood up and said "serving" or something like that.
ReplyDeletePeople automatically balk at the idea of being a servant because it requires a great of giving up of pride and implication that others are better than you. But, as you touched on, the greatest servant of all is also the one whose name is above every name. And at the name of a servant, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that the servant is the Lord.