Leadership Lesson

"If you preach, just preach God’s Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don’t take over; if you teach, stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don’t get bossy; if you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate; if you’re called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don’t let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.

Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.

Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody." Romans 12:6-16


Let us continue with our series on leaders by taking a short break from the Book of Timothy.

So, the Apostle Paul in his writing to the early believers in Rome gave them a lot to think about.

We will not make this long as we will jump right in and take a look at just a few of these from the selected passage above.

We do not even need to explain them.

(1) If you preach, just preach God’s Message, nothing else

(2) If you help, just help, don’t take over;

(3) If you teach, stick to your teaching;

(4) If you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don’t get bossy;

(5) If you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate;

(6) If you’re called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond;

(7) If you work with the disadvantaged, don’t let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

And the main thing he said about these 7 things is to:

Love from the center of who you are; yes, don’t fake it. Easy enough to smell a faker anyway.

And as you labor for the Lord,

1. Don’t burn out.
2. Don’t quit in hard times.
3. Pray harder.
4. Help other believers.
5. And be hospitable.

And lastly and importantly,

A. Bless your enemies.
B. No cursing under your breath.
C. Laugh with your happy friends, when they’re happy.
D. Share tears when they’re down.
E Get along with each other.
F. Don’t be snobbish.
G. Make friends with nobodies. H. And don’t be the great somebody.

And so in doing all these, we give God the glory, we become less as He becomes more. He is made known because of us and inspite of us. And we fulfill what we were created for.