LEADING AND FOLLOWING
John 15:15
+I no longer call you servants, because a
servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you
friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Jesus exhibited a team
approach to leadership. He knew the game plan and assigned each follower the
roles to execute the plan. The disciples were never in the dark about what
Jesus believed nor where he was headed. Yes, they misunderstood Jesus. But
Jesus did tell them these things, none the less. We read Scripture today and we
can see what Jesus was saying about his destiny. The disciples, too, saw and
understood after the events of the Cross and the Resurrection.
“Leadership is not about
position; it is not about person. Leadership is always a relationship between a
leader and a follower – a relationship in which both persons lead and both
follow. Both participants in a relationship of leadership exercise leadership,
both seek to influence the other. Everyone leads at one time or another as each
person seeks to influence the vision, values, beliefs, or behaviors of those
around him or her.”
Rescue. July/August 2011. By Walter
Wright, pg. 15.