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1 Corinthians 10:23-24
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up.  No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person.

The price of leadership is high. The mantle of leadership is heavy. The cost to lead is higher than the cost to follow. As 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 summarizes, just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should. As a leader, you must always weigh how your decisions will benefit others. The context of this verse is in regards to not letting your decisions become a stumbling block to others. If you want to lead well, you’ll have to start doing some things you don’t want to do and stop doing some things you want to do.

In the realm of spiritual leadership, the greatest leaders take on the role of the greatest servants (Mark 10:42-45). This is contrary to how the world system views leadership. Leading the way Jesus wants us to lead takes discipline, and it’s impossible without the power of God’s Spirit. I’ve developed a brief leadership prayer that I’ve made a part of my regular routine. I ask God to help me with the following when it comes to those I lead: Lord, please give me the wisdom to learn them. Lord, please give me the strength to love them unconditionally in light of what I learn. Lord, please give me the power through your Spirit to live in a way that leads them to You. Learn. Love. Live. Lead.
This has helped me lead in a way that honors Christ as opposed to honoring man.  Jesus modeled this type of leadership to the letter. After all, what other leader do you know of that died on a cross and walked out of the tomb for the people HE led?

Philippians 2:8
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even to death on a cross.