Well, bad leadership makes everything about the leader.

We've all seen this in some form.

And that's why Jesus' teaching on leadership is so refreshing, so counterintuitive.

He flips what so-called leadership so often looks like in this world.

And he flips it right side up.

He says, if you want to become great,

you must serve. If you want to be first, you must be last. If you want to lead, you must give

yourself. Today we are looking at holy leadership, whether that is in your church, your family,

or your workplace. If that sounds familiar, it's because

we read it in our Navigator's Bible Reading Plan today, Matthew Chapter 20, a text on the mind

of Jonathan in Seattle, Washington as well. Pastor John, hello, my question for you is about

Matthew 20, verses 26 to 28. How has Jesus' radical redefinition of greatness that whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant?

How does that challenge your own measures of success and significance?

In a culture that equates a leadership with privilege and authority, Christ offers a counterintuitive path where true power emerges through self-giving.

As you consider Jesus' ultimate servant act of giving his life as a ransom for many,

how does his sacrificial standard reshape your approach to family and church leadership?

Just a heads up here at the beginning for folks who want to know more about Christian leadership,

I did write a little booklet called Marks of a Spiritual Leader, which is free at desiring God,

or you can get an audiobook of it.

I didn't even know that until I checked at Amazon. The same reader reads that

audiobook as reads as a new John Grisham novel. I thought, oh my goodness. That's cool.

I didn't know that. Yeah. Okay, back to the point. Yeah. That little booklet talks about an inner circle of characteristics that make a leader,

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