Ethical Leadership and Passionate Service
To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them -- not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. – 1 Peter 5:1-4
Today’s key passage has so much to say about being a godly leader. If you’ll remember, last week we talked about three characteristics of becoming a Christlike leader. So over the course of the next two days, I want to give you four more characteristics of godly leadership that you can begin to practice in your own life.
First, a godly leader must be ethical in all things. The Bible says God's leaders “should not be pursuing dishonest gain.” Even in business, being ethical is important. Ethics is the study of what you ought to be doing. Leaders should always be ethical, doing the right things, the right way, at the right time, and with the right motive. When we lead in an ethical way, we are leading in a godly way.
Second, a godly leader must be passionate about serving. If you want to be a Christlike leader, you should be excited and eager to serve. If you don't have passion for what you do, you will not be doing it for very long. Do you realize that money is not a great motivator? Studies indicate that if you give someone a raise, they will forget about it within two weeks. Money is not a proper motivation. The passion to serve, the passion to do what you have been assigned to do in business or in ministry by the Lord, is very powerful. You must have passion to lead like Jesus. If you lose your passion, you will not be doing what you’re doing for very long. If you lose that deep desire to do what God has called you to do, your eyes will be looking elsewhere.
I pray you’ll come back tomorrow as we wrap up this conversation with two more biblical truths about godly leadership.
Today’s key passage has so much to say about being a godly leader. If you’ll remember, last week we talked about three characteristics of becoming a Christlike leader. So over the course of the next two days, I want to give you four more characteristics of godly leadership that you can begin to practice in your own life.
First, a godly leader must be ethical in all things. The Bible says God's leaders “should not be pursuing dishonest gain.” Even in business, being ethical is important. Ethics is the study of what you ought to be doing. Leaders should always be ethical, doing the right things, the right way, at the right time, and with the right motive. When we lead in an ethical way, we are leading in a godly way.
Second, a godly leader must be passionate about serving. If you want to be a Christlike leader, you should be excited and eager to serve. If you don't have passion for what you do, you will not be doing it for very long. Do you realize that money is not a great motivator? Studies indicate that if you give someone a raise, they will forget about it within two weeks. Money is not a proper motivation. The passion to serve, the passion to do what you have been assigned to do in business or in ministry by the Lord, is very powerful. You must have passion to lead like Jesus. If you lose your passion, you will not be doing what you’re doing for very long. If you lose that deep desire to do what God has called you to do, your eyes will be looking elsewhere.
I pray you’ll come back tomorrow as we wrap up this conversation with two more biblical truths about godly leadership.
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I agree with you. Ethics and passion for what you are doing is very important. A person needs to be all in to any ministry well
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