Theme For David Jeremiah Devotional November 12 2020 – Servant Leaders
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:35
Recommended Reading: Luke 22:24-27
In his short novel, Journey to the East, German author Hermann Hesse told the story of a group of men on a mythical journey. One of the main characters is Leo, a servant who handles all the group’s menial tasks and needs—until he disappears. Without Leo the journey falls apart and is abandoned. Years later, one of the original journeymen discovers that Leo, the servant, was the head of the League that had sponsored the journey. He was a powerful and noble leader, but had exercised his leadership by being a servant to others.
This fictional parable illustrates perfectly what Jesus taught His disciples about leading through service. When Jesus discovered the disciples arguing about which among them was the greatest, He set them straight: The greatest is the least; the last is the first; the leader is the servant. It’s another of the paradoxes in the Kingdom of God—the opposite of how the world thinks.
Instead of praying that God would allow you to lead others, pray for opportunities to serve others. Only in humble service are true leaders born.
A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.
Martin Luther
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