Back on the issue of what seems to have taken center stage in the Christian ministry world. By way of recap, there seems to be an inordinate amount of leadership gatherings, webinars, seminars, blog posts, etc., especially when compared to what's out there dealing with the area of living the life of a servant.
Sadly we live in a culture that has pretty much infiltrated the church, hence the allure to position, posture and stature. Of course every organization needs great leadership, but what seems to be happening is that we have developed a mentality within the Christian organizational world that says, if you're not a leader then your pretty much not anything at all.
It's kind of like freshman playing high school football - every kid wants to be the quarterback. The sad truth is, if 50 kids go out for the team there might be two or three that have the aptitude to play that particular position. But, quarterback is the glory position so everyone thinks that that's the position to play. Not unlike the church - most people see the person who speaks from the platform as the "key" person in the church, so many of the incoming staff have that position in their sights - everyone thinks that is the place to play.
All the while, any emphasis on promoting the important role of servant, is pretty much left on the sidelines. So what do we do if we continue down this path of glorifying leadership and ignoring the role of servant?
Hopefully I'll have more on this tomorrow - but for now, keep serving and keep bringing the Kingdom to the least of these.
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