Extracted from The Maxwell Leadership Bible
There exists no better example of a godly leader than the Lord Jesus Christ. Every word He spoke, everything He did, served to model what godly leadership looks like.
We see Jesus spending a day ministering, not to those who seemed by human standards to be most worthy, but to those who needed Him most. He healed the sick and lame, cast out evil spirits, even raised the dead. And when He entered the home of one of the religious leaders of the day, He spent His time ministering to a lowly sinner.
All of those to whom Jesus ministered had one thing in common. They knew of their own need. They came to Him with empty, outstretched hands, hoping He would show them compassion. And He did not disappoint their hope, for when the people saw Jesus' loving power in action, they glorified God and said, "A great prophet has risen up among us," and "God has visited His people" (Luke 7:16).
Our world is full of needy people, overflowing with men and women who know they're missing out on something, bursting with hurting individuals who come to us with hands outstretched. As leaders for Christ, it is our job to reach out to the whole world so that those who admit their need have a chance to come out to Him.
Comment:
Christians must learn to feel and share in the pain of those in need, helped them to realise their need for the Lord Jesus Christ, who is able to heal all pains and what we humans are not able to do so. We must learn to have the compassion of Jesus and understand the simplicity with which Jesus performed His three and a half years of ministry, if others were to see Jesus in us. For naked we come to this earth, our temporal home and naked we return to God, in heaven.
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