Matthew 5:13 CSB – “You are the salt of the earth”

Matthew 5:14 CSB – You are the light of the world… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Good Leaders Develop Others

2 Corinthians 8:16-18 CSB – Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus. 17 For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice. 18 We have sent with him the brother who is praised among all the churches for his gospel ministry.

Moses’ Example (Exodus 18)

Exodus 18:14-16 CSB – When Moses’s father-in-law saw everything he was doing for them he asked, “What is this you’re doing for the people? Why are you alone sitting as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”

Moses replied to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another.

Exodus 18:17-18 CSB – “What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him. 18 “You will certainly wear out both yourself and these people who are with you, because the task is too heavy for you. You can’t do it alone.

Exodus 18:19-23 CSB – Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to him. 20 Instruct them about the statutes and laws, and teach them the way to live and what they must do.21 But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. 22 They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every major case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load, and they will bear it with you. If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.

Exodus 18:24 says, Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Good Leaders Choose Their Teams Wisely

  • Compatibility

2 Corinthians 8:16-17 CSB – Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus. 17 For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice.

2 Corinthians 8:16 CSB – Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.

Ephesians 4:4-6, 16 CSB – There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.

let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ. 16 From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.

  • Character

2 Corinthians 8:22 CSB – We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

James 4:10 CSB – Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

  • Competency

1) Competency = ownership mentality

2 Corinthians 8:16 CSB – Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.

2) Competency = self-starter attitude

2 Corinthians 8:17 CSB – For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice.

Joshua 14:10-12 CSB – As you see, the LORD has kept me alive these forty-five years as he promised,…. Here I am today, eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. Now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day,

3) Spiritually gifted

1 Corinthians 12:4 CSB – Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

2 Corinthians 3:5 CSB – It is not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.

2 Corinthians 8:23 CSB – As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker for you; as for our brothers, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Good Leaders Welcome Accountability

2 Corinthians 8:19-20 CSB – ….[Titus] was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gracious gift that we are administering for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. 20 We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticize us about this large sum that we are administering.

2 Corinthians 8:21 CSB – Indeed, we are giving careful thought to do what is right, not only before the Lord but also before people.

Beware the church or the organization that doesn’t accept accountability for their financial practices!

2 Corinthians 8:21 CSB – Indeed, we are giving careful thought to do what is right, not only before the Lord but also before people.

Action:

  • To whom are you accountable?
    What does it look like for you to become accountable for next steps this week?