A Great Leader is a Great Servant | Victoria Osteen

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Tell any of you 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:53.520 know that God is placed in our spirit alonging to achieve. 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:58.280 You know, God told Abraham, he said, Abraham, I want 0:01:58.320 --> 0:01:59.200 you to increase. 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:01.560 I want you to multiply, and I want you to. 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:07.200 Take dominion over your land over what I've given you. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:11.359 You see, God doesn't find anything wrong with us achieving. 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:16.960 He doesn't mind if we rise to a noble position 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.600 or a good position from our hard work. But see, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.440 God doesn't want us to think that that's what's going 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.320 to cause us to be great in life. That that's 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.560 what's going to bring us fulfillment and happiness. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:30.200 See. 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:34.280 I truly believe God wants his people in strategic places, 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:38.079 but he wants them to do it with the right heart. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:43.080 You see, sometimes we get caught up in the wrong things. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:48.120 Jesus was walking with his disciples one day and a 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.480 mother came up to him of two of the disciples 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.880 that were with him, and she said, Jesus, I have 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:56.040 a favor to ask you. She said, Jesus, this is 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.920 so important to me. I have two sons, and she said, 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.280 I want to know if you will allow one of 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.680 my sons to sit at the right hand your right hand, 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.320 and the other son to sit at your left hand 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.080 when you come into your kingdom. Now, any good mother 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.480 would try to work a deal like that, right, You 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.399 can't blame her, huh. I mean, if you could pull 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.120 that off, go for it. 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:21.800 Well. 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.400 When the other disciples heard that, they got angry with 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.960 the two disciples because they were feeling like that. You know, 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.280 they were trying to thwart their authority, was trying to 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.920 put themselves over the other disciples. So they became angry, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:39.200 and they became frustrated. I can imagine them thinking, well, 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:40.920 you haven't done anything better than me. 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:43.320 I've done just as much as you have. 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:51.320 You see, Jesus understood these emotions. He understood stood the struggle, 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.480 and he told her, he said, look, you know what, 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.880 if they can do what I can do, which they can't, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.480 he said, but it's not my position. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:01.960 You know, I'm just doing what. 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.800 My father wants me to do. You know, he's the 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.200 one who makes the decisions. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.520 So as they were walking, you know, I know Jesus. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.880 Was probably thinking about this, and he was probably thinking, 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.080 you know, this is a good time to talk to 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:19.560 them about this positioning title and authority. And so he 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:23.920 began to explain to them that the Gentiles, which were 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:28.039 not governed by the Jewish laws, that those leaders would 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.520 use their authority to press the people down, would use 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.479 their authority in the wrong way. And he wanted them 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:38.760 to know that that wasn't the way they were to 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:39.760 use their authority. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.279 In fact, he said to them, not so for you. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.680 He said, let me tell you what makes a great life. 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:53.280 Let me tell you how to make yourself happy and successful. 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.800 He said, if you're going to be great in the 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.520 Kingdom of God, you have to be a servant of all. 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.000 So he told his disciples the. 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.479 Key to obtaining this great life. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.919 Now, I want to tell you he is was not 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.200 mad at her for wanting them to be in a 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.560 high position. He just wanted her and his disciples to 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:22.320 understand that it wasn't the authority, but it was the 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:27.200 misuse of authority. Well, you can have authority, but when 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.479 you use it to serve others, He was saying, that's 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.200 what's going to give you a great life. 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:33.440 Now. 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.920 You know, it's hard some time to wrap our head 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:43.400 around servant hood and a great life, servanthood and success, 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:47.840 because that's not what our culture tries to teach us. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.440 In fact, the two disciples could have looked at their 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.680 mother and said, that's how we get authority, that's how 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.760 we get positioned. You know, have you ever seen people 0:05:55.800 --> 0:06:00.320 manipulate situations, do things to try to get more authority 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.560 And it's aggravating, isn't it. Well they were aggravated at 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:08.920 them anyway. But we learn from people. We learn how 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.800 to do things from society and we think that's the 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.320 way to obtain it. But see, you don't obtain in 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:22.000 God's kingdom. You don't obtain these things by stepping over 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:26.280 other people, by using your authority wrong. You See, achievement 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:33.560 and success is not greatness in the Kingdom of God. Jesus' 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.440 concept of greatness and his ideas of greatness he was 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:40.039 trying to explain to his disciple is service. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.760 See, a good leader is a good servant. 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.280 And he was saying to them, until you can serve, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.159 you'll never be a great leader. Until you can learn 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:59.520 to serve, you'll never be a great leader. See, it 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.720 is diicult sometimes. And what I love about Jesus is 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:07.960 he was always giving examples with his own life about 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.080 what he was trying to teach his disciples. He never 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.960 rebuked and pointed his finger and got mad at his 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:15.400 disciple and says you're out of here. 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:19.600 But he was always letting his life be an example 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:22.000 the disciples. 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.920 At the Last Supper with Jesus, Jesus overheard some of 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.640 them disputing among themselves who was the greatest. They hadn't 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:36.240 quite got that lesson yet, So Jesus did something very profound. 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:41.120 Now I know that theological impact of this is very great, 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.920 and there's many things that you can see in this example. 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.480 But today I want to show you what Jesus was 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:51.080 trying to show once again his disciples about greatness. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:53.520 So as they were. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.880 Sitting at the table, Jesus arose from the table and 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:02.440 prepared himself to wash his disciples feet. See it was 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.400 a way for him to show them that their position 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:12.120 and authority was not below serving you. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.200 See he rose up and got down. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.680 See he was the highest position, He was the highest 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:27.000 of authority. But yet he knew that service was the 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.160 greatest thing in the Kingdom of God. And that was 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.200 the message he wanted to leave with them before he 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.640 left this earth. He wanted them to know a great leader. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:38.319 It's a great servant. 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.680 Serving one another was not below their. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.199 Position and authority, but it was part of their position 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:48.800 and authority. It's what made them great. See, God loves 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.640 when you use your power to serve other people. Saw 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.800 I'm eighteen thirty five. David said, this of God, you 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.040 have stooped down to make me great. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:08:59.840 See that illustration. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:05.040 David was speaking out because God came down from heaven. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.360 He stooped down and became a man. 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.320 So that he could make us great, so that he 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.120 could save us, and that he could help us. He 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:18.120 came from the highest place and stoop down to the 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:22.920 lowest place to basically wash our feet. Jesus is saying 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:28.480 a good leader, a great leader is a good servant. See, 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:32.720 we should never place our position where God has placed you, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.800 the authority has given you. We should never place that 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:40.960 position over the privilege of serving others. God has said 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.760 it's a privilege to serve mankind. I've seen people who 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:50.480 use their authority the wrong way. They don't serve people 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:55.520 with it. But God he stooped down to serve us. 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.120 I think we should look at our busy and important 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:04.600 lives and develop this attitude of stooping down, of helping 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.320 those around us, of taking. 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:07.680 Up their hand. 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.520 See, we're not only to serve our family, but we're 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:14.120 to have an eye to observe who else we can help. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:18.400 Who else can we wash their feet? Who can we encourage? 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.520 It may not be convenient, You may have to stop 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.440 and get off of what you're doing to stoop down 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.800 to serve someone. But can I tell you that's what 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.880 makes you great in the Kingdom of God. It's not 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.320 your success here on earth, but it's the greatness that 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.000 God wants to show you. See, I believe that's why 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.840 many people aren't happy. That's why many people aren't fulfilled, 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:48.520 because they're thinking about themselves. They're thinking about their own dreams, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:52.360 their own desires, their own problems. They don't have time 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.960 to think about anyone else. But can I tell you, 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.560 when you start living on the outside and not always 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:00.560 on the inside, what's going on and on with. 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.320 You, your life will change. 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.960 You'll dramatically see yourself going places that you never thought before. 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:11.400 You'll see fulfillment, you'll see joy, You'll see a new 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.520 dimension in your life. See, we've got to develop this 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:22.080 attitude of service is greatness. I was talking to a 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.640 very wealthy man the other day. He was seventy five 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:30.320 years old, celebrating his birthday. Immensely wealthy, not just a little. 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:34.520 This guy was very wealthy. And he began to tell me. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.480 He looked right at me and he said, Victoria, can 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:41.000 I tell you some of the greatest things in my life? Well? 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.560 I really wanted to hear because this guy was really wealthy. 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.120 So I'm just gonna tune my hair to what he 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.280 had to say. And he said, the greatest things in 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.040 my life as I look back, the things that have 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:53.640 brought me the most joy. 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:59.320 Happiness and fulfillment. I leaned in. He said, was that 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.040 I was able to use my position, I was able to. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.640 Use my wealth, I was able to use the things 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:14.200 that I had acquired to help other people. I thought 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.200 maybe he was going to tell me about all his boats, 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.600 his cars, and his vacation homes. But as I sat 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.040 there and listened to him, I was so drawn in. 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:27.160 By the satisfaction by this persuasive smile on his face. 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.440 It drew me in to hear how he was able 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.760 to use his company to sew seeds into people's life. 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:35.640 How he was able to not only. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:39.240 Sow seeds to people's life, but through those seeds, their 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:40.640 children were being blessed. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.959 I got so excited just listening to him. You see, that's. 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:47.080 What we want to see when we reflect back on 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:47.720 our life. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.520 We want to see a life of greatness, a life 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.120 well lived. See. 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.040 God does not mind that you have success and position. 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:58.240 He wants you in those strategic places because he wants 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.199 you to make a difference in this world. He has 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.120 appointed you, and he's anointed you. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:06.360 What he wants you to know. 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:11.760 That it's through service, it's through giving, it's through stooping 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:16.040 down when it's not convenient and washing other people's feet 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.560 that that's what makes you great. See anything done here 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.240 on this earth, I want to tell you, God'll make 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.360 sure you receive it back. Be a person of good works, 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.880 stoop down, let your life shine in greatness. 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:32.480 Amen. Amen. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.760 Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. 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