Weeks 37 & 38 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on the importance of relationships, providing multiple passages about Servant Leadership.
Jesus went to great lengths to earn the title “Servant.” Isaiah prophesied that Jesus—God’s own Son—would be the “suffering servant” (Isaiah 53). And Jesus lived his life as the definitive statement about service as a path to greatness. What’s more, Paul identified Jesus as the ultimate example of servant leadership. He told the Philippian church that “Christ Jesus…being in the very nature of God…made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Philippians 2:5-7).
Jesus insisted that his followers lead by serving. No one can argue with his command because he modeled the kind of service he was advocating. And he certainly models greatness. Jesus is the ultimate servant leader.
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