In this episode Colby Garman, Bobby Gomez, and Ryan Sturgis discuss the final section of our ManDown Ethos for this season focusing on Leadership through Sacrifice. In addition to exploring the Scriptures they talk about some of the things that look like sacrificial leadership that are really bargaining traps. They also spend some time talking about how genuine love is the basis for genuine sacrifices to be made. 

MATURE MEN LEAD THROUGH SACRIFICE

Effective and godly leadership in a world under the effects of sin is always costly and requires sacrifice. As men we reject leadership that gathers people together to serve our self-interest and we seek to leverage our influence for God’s glory and the good of others. Like Christ, we embrace the experience of laying down our lives for the sake of others. We see this worked out in a number of practical ways. We practice self-denial and avoid using positions of authority to promote our own self-interest. We exercise patience with those who disagree with us and act in their best interest even when opposed.  We  endure the hardship that comes with assuming the risk of leadership where we are often called to go first in difficult things so that others can follow with confidence.  When we are wrong we take ownership and when our families and organizations succeed we gladly share the credit. Through sacrificial leadership we provide the safety and security for others to build their lives around even when things are difficult. Ultimately we recognize that authority is given to order the lives of those under it in ways that will allow them to flourish under God’s purposes and plan. As we lead in the pattern of the cross, we look to Christ by faith knowing that our labor is not in vain as we align ourselves with the cornerstone of God’s work.

1 John 3:16. [16] By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. (ESV)