Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] What's going on, y' all? I'm talking about overcoming pride in leadership as a Christian. I'm going to share with you four key things that you can take away from this, as well as a tip that you can do on a weekly basis. And I'll share with you a little bit of my journey along the way and what has helped me in kind of intertwined in these different. Four different things that we can do in over prompting. Overcoming pride in leadership as a Christian, first thing we got to do is recognize leadership pride.
[00:00:28] Admit when you seek glory over Service.
[00:00:32] Matthew chapter 23, verse 12 says, Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted, meaning leadership.
[00:00:45] And you're in service and you're a leader is. It's easy to.
[00:00:51] And it's easy to want the glory, right?
[00:00:55] And then shortly forget about what your leadership of. Shortly forget about your being a leader in service.
[00:01:05] And I. I noticed this when I go into convenience stores because I'm a truck driver, right? And I. And sometimes I take. I'll take lunch money with me and I'll eat lunch at truck stops or whatever, right? So I go to different convenience stores.
[00:01:20] I go in those convenience stores. You notice.
[00:01:24] I notice, like, managers, whenever the managers are there, it's funny, because the managers want to have leadership over their workers, so much so that they want to have leadership over the customers.
[00:01:40] So, like, if you ask the manager for help, you can tell they had this attitude, like, oh, why? Like a high in my attitude? Oh, why are you asking me? How come you don't ask the. The representative of the store? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? Like, so it's. And I've been guilty of it, too, being in a leadership position where I can be prideful. Like, yeah, I got this. Cool. I'm leader over all these people. I'm leader over these people, you know? And. And it can be easy to. To forget about why you're there in the first place. You're. You. You're providing a service, right?
[00:02:21] You're providing a service. It makes me think about.
[00:02:24] I did a video on pride earlier, was talking about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Jesus was the leader. He was the teacher of the. Of his group, of that group of his disciples, right?
[00:02:35] And he was washing the feet of his disciples.
[00:02:40] He was maintaining service while still being the leader.
[00:02:45] That's an. That's like the ultimate example right there. Jesus is the ultimate example of being a leader, but still being a server at the Same time, admit when you seek glory over service.
[00:03:02] Second thing, pray for servant's heart.
[00:03:06] Ask God to make you a servant leader. Mark chapter 10, verse 43 says, whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant man. Everybody wants to be the leader.
[00:03:19] And we see this in the workplace. Everybody wants to have that job in the office where they're getting a commission and they're just sitting in front of a computer screen all day.
[00:03:31] Everybody who, everybody wants that, right?
[00:03:36] But when we get there is it is getting there only to be the higher power to where you're being served or that you're serving, you're in the higher power serving others, right? Like, think of, think of like a safety lead. Like if you work in, in, in the oil field or you know, like I work in the oil field. A safety man, right?
[00:04:01] Some people get into safety because it's, it's a leadership position, right? And they want to be respected, right? Because they're in leadership position.
[00:04:11] But it's like, dude, you're in a position where you're serving people.
[00:04:16] You're serving the customer.
[00:04:19] You're serving, you know, the people in your company. You're not there to be served, dude, you know what I mean? Like, it makes me upset because we see these leaders that want to be served, like, no, dude, you're there to serve, we're not there to serve you. You know what I mean? And it's mind boggling to me. So Jesus is the main, the main example of being a leader, but still being a servant.
[00:04:52] Think about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, right? He's the main, he's the leader of, of, of the group of his disciples. He's the rabbi. And here he is serving his disciples.
[00:05:06] The ultimate, ultimate example of being a servant leader.
[00:05:12] Third thing, empower others.
[00:05:15] Lift up those who lead instead of dominant. 1. Thessalonians 5:14 says, we exort you, brothers. Admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient towards all. Wow.
[00:05:33] Admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient towards all.
[00:05:39] Lift up those who lead instead of dominating. Yes.
[00:05:43] So in being a servant and being in leadership, you're not only serving the customer, right? But, but you're serving your, your co workers. You're serving those that are under you by showing them, look, we're in the place of leadership, but we're not to forget about why we're in leadership, right?
[00:06:08] Instead of wanting to dominate the people that are under you, like, oh, you got to listen to me because I'm up here and I make more money than you, therefore you got to be my servant.
[00:06:22] No, that's the opposite of how Jesus wants us to be. That's the opposite of how the Holy Spirit wants us to be.
[00:06:29] So we have to lift up those that are under our charge by giving them encouragement, by being alongside them, but still being their leader.
[00:06:44] Being alongside them. Look, coaching them per se. If you were in the position that they were in and now they're in your position and your higher position.
[00:06:54] Check it out.
[00:06:56] Here's a couple tips on how I did this.
[00:06:59] Maybe it'll help you out, you know what I mean? Not from a.
[00:07:03] I need to help you because I'm the higher power.
[00:07:07] No, because there's some people. I have seen leadership leaders that do that. Like, they do it to the point where it's like, oh, you need me.
[00:07:16] They had that attitude like, you need me for this.
[00:07:19] And it's like, no, dude, you're missing the point.
[00:07:27] You need.
[00:07:28] It's like, it's like the, the attitude should be like, I'm here to serve. You know what I mean? I'm here to help my lead, my leaders, the people that under me who are also leaders. I'm here to help my leaders lead, right?
[00:07:43] Like Jesus watching the feet of his disciples was. I think it's it. I think it was him showing his disciples. Look, this is how you lead. When you get disciples, you wash their feet as I am washing yours.
[00:08:00] Lead by my example basically is what Jesus was doing there.
[00:08:04] So lift up those who lead instead of dominating.
[00:08:07] See them as your. Your disciples and continue to serve them still, but still be in leadership, right? You still, sometimes you got to. You have to reprimand if it may be, if it may come to that, you know what I mean? But still do it in a. And from a humble, a humble heart instead of a proud leadership position. The fourth thing is seek feedback. Oh, I love this welcome input. To grow as a leader. Proverbs, chapter 15, verse 22 says, where there is no counsel, plans fail.
[00:08:42] But in a multitude of counselors, they are established.
[00:08:47] This is huge in leadership.
[00:08:52] Makes me think about like leadership conferences or these different conference continuing education classes, you know, why do we do continuing education?
[00:09:01] So we can continue to grow as leaders.
[00:09:05] Constantly learning, getting counsel from other leaders from people that aren't. Might be in the same position as you, but in a different company.
[00:09:15] Hey, dude, you know, my company is the same in yours. How do you, you know, how do you handle this situation?
[00:09:23] You know what I mean? Ask beyond, don't be afraid to ask, you know, especially if it's a Christian, if it's another Christian. Dude, you're the body of Christ. Like, why wouldn't we want to share that information with one another, you know what I mean? It's, it's a no brainer because you're part of the body of Christ and we're there to lift each other up.
[00:09:42] Unfortunately, sometimes churches don't see it that way, you know what I mean? Or, or people in the church don't see it that way.
[00:09:51] You know, maybe because we're immature, we're immature in our stage in God, or we're, maybe we're just using the church for our own personal gain, you know, whatever it may be. But anyway, don't be afraid to ask questions. Welcome input to grow as a leader. Don't feel like you're too high to where you're like, I know everything. I don't need any help from anybody.
[00:10:12] Don't do that because according to Proverbs, your plans are going to fail.
[00:10:17] But in a multitude of counselors, they are established. So if you want growth in your company or growth in your, whatever you're doing, still seek information, seek out information. You know what I mean? The Internet is there at our fingertips.
[00:10:35] Go to, go to AI, go to chat, GPT, grok, whatever. Hey, how do you do this? How do you handle this situation with this from a biblical perspective, boom. I mean, that's just one way. Another way is actual experience from an actual person. You know what I mean? Because AI can't replace a person because the AI doesn't have experience.
[00:10:55] It can draw upon the experiences of others and, and spit it out to you. But actually talking to a person, you know, face to face, eye to eye, an actual human that has actually gone through the situation, that's how, that's another way that you can get wisdom. So overcoming pride in leadership. As a Christian, here's a practical tip that you can do on a weekly basis.
[00:11:18] Ask one person you lead for honest feedback to stay humble.
[00:11:25] I'm married.
[00:11:27] In my situation, I can be like, I can ask my wife like, hey, how am I doing? Am I, am I helping to lead my family?
[00:11:36] Am I helping our family? Am I leading my family? Well, what am I if from your eyes, talking to my wife, from your eyes, how can I, how am I leading? How am I doing? You know what I mean? You can ask your friend if your friend knows you well, hey, dude, how am I doing? You've seen me with my family.
[00:11:59] Am I Doing all right? What? You know, you know, I mean, ask for feedback. You know, you could do it once a week from, from any person. If you're at work and there's somebody that you sort of semi trust like, hey man, how do you, how do you think of how I'm doing? You know what I mean? Am I, am I doing it? Am I connecting pro like I, I do loads, you know what I mean? I have to connect hoses and stuff. Amen. Am I connecting this hose right?
[00:12:24] Am I, how do you fill out your paperwork? Am I filling out my paperwork right? Can you check it for me? You know, I mean, can you, can you give me some feedback on my homework? You know, whatever it may be, having that sort of habit helps you to receive feedback because if you're not used to receiving feedback because you feel like, you know, every, you know, you're coming from a place where you feel like you know everything and you don't need help, it helps you to receive feedback, positive feedback, negative feedback, whatever, and to be, to prepare your mind for it. Because it could be an anxiety written thing.
[00:13:00] You know, if you're, if you're in an anxious mode, if you're in a stressed out mode and you don't like confrontation or you don't like feedback at all because it makes you feel a certain way, the more you do it, the, the better you are receiving it, whether it's good or bad.
[00:13:13] Let me know in the comments down below. You guys, how you do it, if you've, if you're in a place of leadership and there's some, some gems of wisdom that you can share with people in the comments or share with me, I'm more than welcome to have you reread your comment down below. Maybe it can help me out or help somebody up. Here's another video right here on Pride that might be interested in it. Appreciate you guys. Have a good one. Bye.
