As COVID-19 restrictions persist for good reason, it is understandable that our patience wears thin and we start to push the boundaries. But by doing so we can put others at risk of harm. Rock solid leaders cannot afford to think only in terms of the needs of their own. We must work to keep the collective good in mind, always acting with love for all.
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Meekness is a grossly under-rated quality in our day and age, yet Jesus insisted that the meek will inherit the earth. In this month’s post, I reflect on the need for meek leadership in a world that is dominated by agressive activistic visionary leadership that imposes a leader’s will on others to achieve goals.
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I got called out. I made fun of a friend and fellow leader in a way that stung him and he challenged me to consider if there was some deeper resentment behind the banter. It was a needed wake-up call. Self examination before the Lord revealed some ‘stuff’ to work on. As leaders’ we’re never above reproach.
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The forest lord of Māori lore visited God in the highest heaven and was gifted three baskets of knowledge: spiritual, historic and experiential. When we encounter others in missions, humility demands we do so with an empty basket ready to learn from them, to add that to our existing baskets of knowledge.
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We’re living in a leader-obsessed era, expecting leaders to be more than they are capable of being. Leadership talent and achievement is well rewarded in industrial contexts, but indigenous expectations of leaders tend to be quite different. From an Indigenous perspective, I consider what it means to be ‘up front’.
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