Leadership is Servanthood

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“You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:42-45)

Henry Fosdic said, “One of the most amazing things ever said on earth is Jesus’ statement ‘He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.’ None have one chance in a billion of being thought of as really great a century after they are gone except those who have been servant of all.” You cannot separate leadership from servanthood just for the simple fact that leadership is really all about service.

It is usual that we refer to men and women in public offices as civil servants. But is that really the case? What strengthens servant leadership is the motivation behind their actions as leaders. If personal desire was the sole factor then in most cases these individuals will serve their own interests and not the interests of the people they represent as it is often depicted in our world. In most cases leadership is habitually looked upon as having great titles, lots of subordinates and being served by others. The real definition of ‘leadership is servanthood’ is the motivation to employ talents, skills, gifting, influence and resources at their disposal toward serving others.

Effective leadership make things happen whether on a personal or corporate echelon. There are those whose voices will never be heard both personally or professionally, who are on the verge of giving up their purpose and destinies, those marginalize by the circumstances of life and the list goes on. These plights are part of the problems that motivates leadership to serve and helping to make these individuals relevant to their spiritual and socio-economic environment.

Those great among us are the servant leaders who have sought service over self-interest, to make impact in someone’s life and make certain that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. Are you a leader who is being served or one that serves for the common good of others? The impossibility of ‘Leadership is Servanthood’ is that you cannot serve and not be served in one-way or the other. Serving others is one of life’s most awesome privileges.

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