Date: Fri. May 3, 2024.
Bible Reading: ‘…The Son of man didn’t come to be served, but to serve…’ (Mark 10:45 NKJV).
The number one problem facing most society today is the lack of servant-hood Spirit among leaders. In recent time, we see what impact godless character can have on leaders of churches and nations. It is not uncommon to see leaders pledging heaven on earth; and always paying lip service assuring the people of their readiness to serve. But you’ll soon see them clamouring for SUVs as official cars at the detriment of the people they pledge to serve who are wallowing in abject poverty.
John C. Maxwell writes: ‘Leaders are to add value, not take it away. These leaders forgot that they must serve their people and their purpose. Leaders are not given authority to better themselves, to enlarge their income or social status, or to improve their standard of living. They are first and always servants of others.’ These are qualities we seldom find in leaders today. Though leaders are expected to be in pursuit of love and service to others; they are in pursuit of power and prestige instead. Instead of people’s welfare they try to improve their wealth and status. Today leaders see others as enemies and competitors rather than brothers who compliment. And thus their motive is to remove or kill opposition when their motives should be to meet peoples need and grow the cause.’
Several political, religion and military leaders lost their lives and their position through a self-centred pursuit of power. No matter the level of leadership you find yourself, God is using today’s devotional to tell you to glorify Him with you position and not yourself. The writer of Ecclesiastes issues a warning. When leaders try to exercise authority without a servant’s heart, they eventually hurt themselves (see Eccl 8:9). Leaders add value by serving others.
Personal Prophetic Prayer Points (PPPP):
✓Pray about today’s message as led.
✓I scatter every testimony blocker and every manufacturers of delay concerning my life in the name of Jesus.
✓Every siege of the enemy against my life be dismantled in Jesus name.
Intercessory Prayer Point (IPP):
Pray for the less privileged in your community.
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