Daily Verse
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Godly Leadership
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Sunday's Reflection
Mark 10:43-44 — But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Leadership is one of the most talked about and least understood things in the Christian life. The world has a very clear picture of what a leader looks like — someone at the top, with authority, making decisions, commanding respect. Jesus turned that picture completely upside down. In the Kingdom of God, the person at the top is the one who serves most. The greatest leader is the one who has made themselves the servant of all. That is not a strategy for gaining influence. It is a description of what genuine leadership actually is.
This matters because every one of us leads something. A family. A classroom. A team. A small group. A friendship. Leadership is not a title reserved for people with offices and organisational charts. It is the influence we exercise every time we are in a position where other people are watching and following. The question is not whether we lead. The question is whether we lead the way Jesus described — as a servant, not as a ruler.
This week we will look at what godly leadership actually looks like — in a man who led millions of children through a television screen with nothing but patience and genuine care, in a reluctant shepherd named Moses who interceded for people who drove him to exhaustion, and in the standard God sets for those who carry responsibility over others. The question for the week is simple: are the people under your leadership better off because of how you lead?
"God would have the greatest cherish that humility that will lead him to be the servant of all, if duty thus orders it." (Ellen G. White, Christian Leadership, p. 39)
Prayer: Father, forgive us for the times we have used leadership for our own benefit rather than for the good of those in our care. This week, reshape our understanding of what it means to lead the way Jesus led. Amen.