Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.I absolutely love this verse. Tony Dungy constantly explains how he got the players to respond to his message, he served them. Coach Dungy would stay at nicer hotels with the team, he would make sure his players could get the family time they needed by ending practice earlier than most coaches, Dungy would respect his players and take his time to listen to the problems they had, this is why Coach Dungy can get his team to respond so well to him, he serves them. In the same way, I believe this is the way we have to approach witnessing. When we serve people, they see our actions and those actions open the door to much more conversation. People notice our actions and a consistent lifestyle and I think thats what the verse is getting at. Witnessing, in my opinion, is a combination of adequate leadership skills, which is defined by serving others, and a consistent lifestyle.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Leadership
Quiet Strength, a book by Tony Dungy, the head coach of the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, is a book that Coach Dungy wrote about his faith has effected his leadership of the Colts. He uses the verse Matthew 20:26-27 which says:
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2 comments:
That is very true. I agree that the best way to get someone to listen to you is to serve them because it helps to gain their respect. Very nice Kev.
I agree too. I think that if we always did this type of service we'd save a lot more people. Respect is something that, once earned, isn't taken lightly. Thanx for doing this Kevin.
-Sean
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