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Jesus didn't come among us as a great ruler. He came among us as a defenseless child and ended His life wrongfully executed in the form of the basest of criminals. He did all this not to help Himself, but us.
As those who have heard me preach for a long time know I am want to say, "the power of Messiah is found in a village, not in the palace." Another thing you will have heard me frequently quote is 2 Corinthians 12:9 when Paul tells us that the power of God is "made perfect in weakness."
It is easy to let these notions slip from time to time, but we have to remember that this is what it means to be a leader. Leadership is not about power, it's about servanthood.