100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 66

Today’s Big Idea: The humble leader. Leaders are not dictators. Dictators are only concerned about themselves. Leaders are concerned for the people they’re leading. 

Key Verse: The crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you” (Acts 4:13–15).

Thoughts to Consider: God performed such extraordinary miracles through the ministry of Paul and Barnabas that in some towns the population treated them as gods. But Paul and Barnabas put a stop to it as soon as they realized it was happening. Paul and Barnabas went back to Antioch, from where they had been commissioned to make this trip, to report to the disciples who were in authority over them.

It’s an essential principle of scripture that no church leader should ever be the final authority. Not only should we not allow ourselves to be treated as gods, but we should all be under the authority of someone else. This is one the essential aspects of the biblically humble leader. As you contemplate your leadership role in the church, are you willing to walk under authority as much as you’re willing to be in authority?