The Least Shall Be Greatest

What qualifies a person to be a leader? Most natural leaders don't aspire to be great leaders; they aspire to be great persons. When leaders lead their own lives well, others naturally want to follow. Consider Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India. It is doubtful she ever said, "I am going to set out to be a great leader! "Yet that is what she became by determining to be the person God created her to be. – John Maxwell

Time and again in Jesus’ teachings we run into paradoxes—whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it and whoever loses his life shall save it; If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all; whoever wishes to become great shall be your servant and whoever wishes to be first shall be slave of all, etc. Jesus gave us the very best example of loving humility to follow. May your day today offer up many opportunities for you to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, as one who came to serve, not to be served. Opportunities to lead flow from our willingness to follow.