The value of the servant leader to God's people

SUMMARY: The world is in a leadership crisis, and the church needs servant-hearted leaders with integrity and spiritual maturity. Nehemiah is an example of an exceptional leader who had a firm identity, dependence on God, and dedication to guiding God's people. God cares more about a leader's spiritual maturity than their skills and abilities. The Lord uses humble, obedient, and devoted people who seek to please Him alone. The people of God need leaders who aspire to grow to the stature of the fullness of Christ and reproduce His virtues in their lives. If you feel called to be a leader, examine your heart, and serve God for the sole purpose of pleasing Him alone.

I believe in Christian leadership that serves God's people with integrity and virtue. Personally, I prefer to forget the disappointments in this regard. We well know that no one is perfect, much less the one who plays the role of leader, permanent sufferer of the many temptations that come from the world and of the particular dealings that God has with him. Instead the servant is a condition, a position of humility and submission to the will of God. Servant-leader is both position and condition and is a very serious matter for the Lord. Sociologists say that the world today is undergoing a profound leadership crisis. Most theologians agree that the church of Jesus Christ requires virtuous leadership with a servant's heart today more than ever.

Nehemiah proved to be an exceptional leader. Integrity, supervisor, wise, sensible and with a foolproof identity (character). His dependence on God and his word, his faith and firmness to do God's work, his personal commitment, his renunciation of comforts and his dedication to guide the people, gave him a colossal spiritual testimony to become the leader that God needed in context and time for the people of Israel.