How Can I Become a Leader in My ChurchShembull

Desiring to Lead in a Humble Way 

When we faithfully serve at a local church, aspiring to leadership, we must to stay humble. We should not toot our own horn or blow our own trumpet for people to notice just how wonderful we are. We should not praise ourselves to others and attempt self-promotion. No. We should serve faithfully and allow others to recognize our gifts. God is the one who exalts us to a position of leadership. If we want to be legitimately exalted, we should wait for God to promote us. 

The Word of God says that the Lord opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. This means we must trust God with both the timing and the manner of our promotion. The Bible encourages us not to become weary in doing good, because in the proper time we will reap the harvest of what we have sown—as long as we do not give up. We need to serve faithfully and wait for God. We should not get angry and start acting up if the promotion is not happening fast enough in our own eyes. God knows the right time for everything. He knows when it is the right season for certain things in our lives. The Lord determines when we are ready for our promotion to leadership. 

We also need to wait for God to promote us through the right means. Jesus told a story in the Gospel of Luke in which He explained the manner of such promotion. He gave an illustration of how we should behave at an important event. Christ said that when someone invites us to a wedding, we should not sit in the best seat, closest to the front of the party. If a person more important than us arrives, the host will ask us to move to the back, so it is better for us to sit in the back. When the host, who knows our importance, notices where we are, we will be asked to move closer. That is exactly how promotion happens in the Kingdom of God. God already placed leaders in a local church. When you serve faithfully and it is the right time for you to get promoted, those leaders will notice your service and offer you the desired position. Stay humble and God will lift you up.