Luke 22:24-27

Jesus is so adamant that His followers learn humility and service. He says it directly: “Let the greatest become like the youngest, and the leader as the one who serves” (v. 26). He also puts Himself, their leader, forward as the example of service, in contrast to heathen leaders: “But I am among you as the one who serves” (v. 27). We learn from John’s gospel that the context of these utterances was His washing of the disciples’ feet: a pretty humiliating form of service.

So my leadership of this family and these other elders and this church must take the form of serving them and making myself as the lowest profile among them.