God already has set a Divine agenda for us, it is now up to us to find out what where will fall into that agenda. In the world we live in today many people has set their own personal agenda and has fallen away from the one true Kingdom agenda that we should be striving to achieve. As biblical leaders we have to pursue our agenda based on what the Holy Spirit directs us to do. God had a divine agenda for His Son Jesus Christ and that was too die on the cross for the people of the world and rise again for the Kingdom of God. The Divine agenda is solely based on Jesus Christ. “The God of creation moves graciously reconcile that fallen human race to himself (2Cor.5:19)”, (Howell, 2003, 300). Servant-leaders are not to have a vision agenda because
The Servant Leader discusses the importance of leaders who adopt a service oriented attitude in which they care for the needs of others before their own. A servant leader need not be an actual servant or have ever been a servant to become a servant leader. Rather, a servant leader is born with or adopts an “others first” disposition. Climbing through the ranks may help to create a servant leader, though it is not necessary. When leaders choose to see that the needs of their followers or their organizations are the highest priority they become servants.
purpose for this book is dual. First goal is clearly defining servant leadership and second one is
that it is the majority who is truly mad, and not the minority who have been wrongly
Toward the end of his book, Hunter shares a phrase with a similar intent of the four domains of Blanchard and Hodges. He writes: “Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.” (Hunter, 1998, p. 167). With this quote in mind, Hunter affirms Blanchard and Hodges’s perspective of servant leadership. Both authors concur that by centering one’s life on the love of Jesus Christ, servant leadership will come naturally. When a leader puts their own selfish needs aside and places their trust in God, they will be empowered to spread Christ’s light to all those they meet. Leading in this way mirrors the way Jesus led because it calls for service as a way of
In his article “Why the Secular Needs the Sacred,” William Kirk Kilpatrick writes a legitimate repudiation of a fallacy that conjectures that secular legal authority is a propitious substitution for religious principle. He initially propounds that insufficient morality is the result of apathy, toward religion, as opposed to an aversion. He proceeds to show that human law is ineffective unless buttressed by Devine counsel: some form of truth must be accepted as a postulate. Kilpatrick subsequently shows that without a solid moral basis, authority structures begin to deteriorate. He concludes by showing that secularism is better understood as a false religion.
big picture of God's plan, we can better find some spiritual lessons of our own
After learning more about myself through Christ I’ve come to believe that God’s Kingdom is “the spiritual reign of God on earth.” Every single human being has a specific place in the Kingdom of God. He created all humans different from each other with different qualities, abilities and gifts for that specific reason. This is what makes us unique. As we each hold a specific place in the Kingdom of God, God also has a plan for our lives. I believe that although we have free will, God has already written what is going to happen. Therefore, no matter how many left or right turns I make, God knew that before it happened. We are all children of God with different callings. Our calling should determine what in God’s Kingdom were we designed to accomplish for
Throughout history different segments of society have struggled for such liberties as personal freedom and eternal happiness. For centuries man has attempted to "find" himself, posing the questions "Who am I?" and "Who do I want to be?" People tend to express themselves physically, spiritually, psychologically, and emotionally in order to promote their image, their sense of identity and individualism. During the late 1820's and 1830's, Transcendentalism emerged as the defining American philosophy. A movement which intertwined the study of truth, religion, and literature, stressing the value of intellectual reason as the path to divine wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature and Henry David Thoreau's Walden both express insights into the divinity of the human person transcending material possessions and conformist ways of thinking.
Servant leadership was a term that was first used by Keifner Greenleaf(1970) in his first essay, The Servant as Leader (as cited by Crippen, C., 2005). Greenleaf based his essay on his belief that a servant leader is a servant first, and explained that it would begin with the natural urge to serve and then the leader would make a conscious choice to become a leader, in doing so he makes the choice to ensure that others needs are met first (2005 ). As a servant leader develops he should always keep aware of those who he serves and strive to ensure that they are becoming healthier, wiser, freer, have an increase in autonomous, and are become more like servants themselves (2005). Leaders and organizations can use the principles of servant leadership to frame decisions, and service that include focus on the community, care of others and quality services (Waterman, R., 2011). Watermen states that working to higher purpose increases standards, integrity and should lead the followers through supports, shared visions and bring followers together in toward a common purpose to provide service to others.
As a Christian the word of God will be in the forefront of every decision or task. Servant leadership emphasizes many biblical principles. As a leader each task should be undertaken
Wilkes, C. G. Jesus on Leadership: Timeless Wisdom on Servant Leadership. Carol Stream, Illnois: Tyndale House, 1998.
As humans, we cannot necessarily understand God’s will because it has not been revealed to
Chung, Y. (2011). Why servant leadership? Its uniqueness and principles in the life of Jesus. Journal Of Asia Adventist Seminary, 14(2), 159-170.
The Bible is full of instructions as to how God wants his people to live. It speaks of our relationship with God himself, the place of prayer and his word in our lives, and how to grow in that relationship. It talks about relationships in the home, relationships with other believers, how we should treat our enemies, our attitude to our authoritative figure and employees, what we should do with the gifts God has given us, the virtues we should seek to develop in our characters, our attitude to material possessions,and how we should regard this life in relationship to the next. We don't require any special guidance to find out God's will about these things. All we need to do is read the Bible regularly and prayerfully and seek to obey the things that God teaches us from it. Much of God's will has already been made plain. God gives us the Holy Spirit for the very purpose of enabling us to obey.
Leadership is an awesome responsibility, and regardless of where leadership occurs, followers want leadership that is trustworthy, inspiring, consequential, and most importantly, effective. Thus, effective leadership is often weighed in theory and common indicators such as the impact on a team or process, follower attitudes and perceptions, and even career longevity (Yukl, 2010). Furthermore, leadership effectiveness may also be determined by the leader’s title, position, skills, traits, and moral behaviors (Carolina College of Biblical Studies [CCBS], n.d.). Often overlooked in all these things are God’s purpose for leadership, and the call for the leader to remain obedient to God while leading (CCBS, n.d.). Since mankind is sinful by