There are the bossy, know-it-all ones who think that just because they’ve seen it done by others and heard the theories word per word they have every right to give out instructions not to mention, criticize how others work. There are also the OC, micro-managers who like to get their hands dirty and seem helpful at first but ends up leaving no room for others to learn and mature.
Both approaches are flawed. One may be irritating than the other but both are destructive to people who encounter it.
This was the debate in my mind that ensued the other day: If I were to be a leader, how would I really want to lead? I was actually so bothered by the thought that I ended up praying to God about it.
He, in turn, led me to this verse and realization:
HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
This is how God wants us to lead. Like Jesus.
While on earth, Jesus gave a lot of instructions with the call for us to be perfect not to boss us around and act like some theoretical know-it-all. He gave us a lot of instructions because He was able to experience the things we are experiencing in our lives: temptation, discouragement, disappointment, persecution, etc. Yet, Jesus did not micro-managed everyone’s lives and shoved his principle down our throats but rather, shared what He knows with a promise that should one chooses to follow, blessings will come. As our leader, Jesus got His hands dirty by living it out here on earth. As someone who knows [a lot] better, His presence is the hope that we have to get out of the mess we are in as He is always ready to share what He knows provided that we ask.
This is how Jesus is. This is how Jesus leads. I hope to follow in His footsteps should I be called to lead.
To God always be the glory!
