Just Watch 'em!

In the past 10 years or so there has been an explosion of material on the subject of leadership. You can go to most bookstores and they will have an entire section devoted to it. Not to mention the hours you can spend online researching leadership. You can discover tons of different leadership models, styles and practices.
I enjoy reading leadership books and listening to CD's that will help me grow personally as a leader but at times it can be overwhelming! Often I have to take a step back and ask myself, "Am I applying what I am learning?" That is the key. Not information but application.
I have studied lots of material and gone over the question of what to look for in a potential leader. At the end of the day it is becoming crystal clear. You put your fingers in your ears so you can't hear what people are saying and take it real slow and watch what they do! I am discovering that the closer people are to Jesus the more they tend to behave like Him and lead like Him which is nothing more than good old fashioned serving. People that get close to Jesus become addicted to improving the quality of someone else's life. I love being around those kind of people. They do not need a title or recognition or a platform. They just need a place to serve. Sometimes it's on the stage but other times its sweeping the floor or taking care of peoples kids or cleaning the church bathroom. Other times it's taking food to a neighbor or covering for a co-worker. Serving is not what these people do.......it's who they are.
Lord, give me a hand full of people determined to serve others out of the overflow of their relationship with you!