Leadership
is the process by which one individual influences the behaviors, attitudes and
thoughts of others. Leaders set the direction by helping others see what lies
ahead and rising to the challenges. They see everyone’s potential and encourage
and inspire those around them. Leading by example is a trait of a true leader.
A group of individuals with poor leadership will quickly degenerate into
conflict, because everyone sees things differently and will naturally lean
toward different solutions.
To
lead by example is to be a role model, to be the kind of person
that everyone else looks up to and wants to be like. One of the characteristics
of leaders is that they carry themselves at all times, even when no one is
watching, as if everyone is watching.
The Call to Example in Christ: Ephesians 5:1-20
Key text: “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a
life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant
offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:1-2).
Lesson
objective: To
understand that the Christian community is called upon to follow the ethical
example of God’s love in Christ to a fallen world; there exists a vast difference
between light and darkness and between wisdom and folly.
