Quiet Leadership!

Romans 2

 ⁵ But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. ⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^[a] 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 

Self Help, Self-starter, self-centered, self, self, self! Today's society is full of Me, Me, Me, Me. They are out for one thing and this is "themselves." What ever happened to self-sacrifice. What ever happened to serving Christ regardless what YOU get out of it.  People are so proud of themselves. Major accomplishments should be about the team of people around you and not YOU! Selfishness fills our every day lives. We want fame, fortune, and recognition. No one wants to work behind the scenes. No one wants to provide "quiet leadership", giving the credit for success to everyone else and keeping nothing for self. When you can develop a sacrificial role as  leader, when it becomes difficult to tell the employee from the employer, or the Ordained Church Pastor and the volunteer church worker, the committee chairperson and the committee member, then you are providing leadership WITHOUT regard to self.

If we are going to focus on "self" let's focus on selflessness. Take self out of your decisions. Jesus is the perfect example. He gave up life and everything he could have had, for us. He gave up his kingdom to die on a Cross for our sins and our selfishness. He never focused on self. He always focuses on us, even though he no longer walks this Earth in human form. Our stubbornness and our unrepentant hearts are prime examples of our selfishness. So, the best way to change from your selfish ways to selfless ways is to repent and turn your heart to Jesus. Do it now. Do it for your self!