Christ taught of Leadership
Christ
is the best example of a leader any of us could ever ask for. He never acted as
though he was better than anyone even though he was. He washed the feet of his disciples
to show them how a good leader should be. This simple act of service was huge
to them. He willingly suffered the worst pain imaginable for our sins. He let
himself be hung on a cross for us, as a leader.
I
don’t expect any of us to die for someone but we can show simple acts of
service. Our leadership in the LDS church helps with service all the time. No
one in our church is a paid. It’s all voluntary. Many churches pay their
Bishops and priests, that is their career, but as part of the LDS church authority
goes everyone is a volunteer, from the prophet on down the primary teachers in
individual wards. Bishops spend countless hours helping others and leading
their people and all out of the goodness of their hearts.
Mark 10:43-45
45 For
even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.
I
loved verse 45. Even the Son of man came
to be a minister and to give his life
If
we are striving to be like him we could think of it as this: every son and daughter of man came to be a
minister. That’s us!
We
may not be out performing miracles and bringing people back from the dead as
Christ did but we can tell of the Him when the opportunity arises. We don’t
have to even invite someone to church, even an act of kindness can be the
start. Something as simple as a card on Christmas or helping a neighbor with
yard work. Sometimes it takes just talking about Christ. I was watching this
video about the t.v. show Duck Dynasty, (I know seems off topic but it’s not) and
I don’t even watch this show, but it was all about how the father, had gotten
into drugs and alcohol and he was losing his family. His wife and two young
boys didn’t like who he had become and one day he sat down he said he just couldn’t
take it anymore. His wife told him to talk to a man in town so he did. The man
told him all about Jesus Christ and that he had suffered and died for our sins.
He had never heard this before. He
totally changed his life, it’s such a great story.
But maybe one day we can be that
person, the one who tells about Christ and helps change someone’s life. Here is the link to the video just in case someone wanted to watch it.
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