The Meek Leader

How can I learn to lead in love? It is incredible that God ordained us to love. Not just love Him, but to love each other, ourselves, and this world. I wish that Jesus would have talked more about leading in love though. It is easy to make the tough decisions in leadership positions when my convictions are put on hold. I imagine I could be a very good leader if I were to lead from the stance of secularism. But unfortunately I am not secular. It is tough to make the hard decisions when leading from Christ's example. How do I love and care for someone while informing them of their grave mistakes. How do I love and care for someone while telling them that the can't be involved in our ministry anymore. It is those tough decisions that make me personally want to quit leadership altogether. Fortunately we have hope. Christ in Matthew 5 discussed the idea of being meek. The meek will inherit the Kingdom of God. What is interesting is that the crowd Jesus was teaching to most likely had many leaders in it. Maybe a better translation of the word meek might be humbleness. Blessed are the humble leaders for they might inherit the Kingdom. That, I believe, is the key to good leadership. Humbleness. If we are humble when making the tough decisions in life then me might just look a little bit more like Christ.