Do you see people on your team as individuals? (159-5)
Godly leaders are passionate in their concern for their team. Read Jeremiah 8:21-9:1.
Jeremiah is sometimes called the weeping prophet. He cared so much for the people that it broke his heart to have to pronounce God’s judgment on them. Like every truly God-honoring leader, Jeremiah did not shrink from his assignment but Jeremiah’s great moral leadership is revealed in his words in today’s verses. We can see why his leadership endured even while delivering difficult truths to a rebellious generation. Jeremiah genuinely cared for the people. He led his people well because he was passionate about their welfare.
No leader can truly understand God’s purpose in creating the universe and the people that populate it. He tells us in Isaiah 55:8-9 that His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and He tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:12 that our current understanding is like a poor reflection in a mirror – not clear. But it is an awesome thing when Christian leaders can discover and experience for themselves some portion of God’s deep passion for humans. It is only when leaders discover God’s deep passion and purpose for people that they gain a different perspective and a new level of respect for those on their team.
When leaders gain some understanding of the great love God has for every individual in the human race they treat people differently. They treat every individual as valuable. Leaders stop seeing the outer trappings and minor differences in various people’s abilities that tend to create selective value judgments and see every individual as a valuable commodity created specifically by God with unique talents and gifts, each having a purpose in His plan.
Do you see people on your team as individuals lovingly created by God? Do you believe that God has a plan for every individual on your team? Do you sense the responsibility and great gift God has given you to allow you to have input into their lives as their leader? Can you have the same empathy Jeremiah demonstrated even when your team falls short of expected standards? God has a passion for intimacy with his people, and leaders participate in His eternal purpose and passion when they see individuals the way He sees them.
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.”
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