A word to leaders 1 Peter 5 1. Lead even

A word to leaders
1 Peter 5

1. Lead even when it is tough.
Everyone wants to be a leader when the world is a great place.
But when the Church is going through suffering then maybe the uptake for leadership is not as strong. When life is difficult and becomes unbearable that can be the time when leaders don’t want to be leaders, v2 “not because you must, but because you are willing”.

2. Lead even when you feel you deserve more.
Often leadership will make you feel it’s one-way traffic, you are the giver and everyone else receives. “What about me? The ministry owes me. No one knows what I have given to this place.” v2 “not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve”

3. Lead don’t dictate.
Every leader needs to battle with power. The power to rule, to be heard, to be respected, to be someone, but “not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock”, v3

Just a short word to leaders.