Secret of The Greatest Leader who Ever Lived

 No one led better than Jesus did. He had many secrets; but this one struck me most:

JESUS INVESTED IN PEOPLE OTHERS HAD DISMISSED

Never underrate anyone

“But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:24).

“…for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Matthew 9:13b).

Leaders see potentials. There is potential in every man. Everyone created has possibilities to achieve greatness. Smart leaders help others to harness those possibilities.

When you consider the words of Jesus in the verses above, it’s clear what his target was as a leader, and what he expects us to do to become outstanding leaders.

First, you must know that Jesus invested everything he could in people others had considered unfit. He welcomed those others had dismissed. He was friend to the abandoned. He was companion to the desolate. That’s genuine leadership. He identified the weak and made them His best friends.

Notice His words; “…I am not sent but unto the lost sheep”.  He came for the lost, the inadequate, the weak, the ones whose heads were bowed in shame, the ones covered in reproach, etc. Those were the ones He was bothered about.

In the second verse above, He said “…I am not come for the righteous…” That is, His assignment wasn’t for those who were already up and doing. He came to help those who were regarded outcasts, unclean and unwanted. He invested all his time and energy in making such people great.

Let’s see the story in John Chapter 8 again. A prostitute was brought before Jesus. Then the Scribes and the Pharisees (who probably thought they were perfect) asked Him; “now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”(Verse 5).

Then Jesus answered; “…he that is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone on her” (Verse 7). He did not give anyone a chance to condemn another person. His ministry was for those regarded as condemned. He never condemned anyone! He uplifted everyone he came across.

Zacchaeus was a man people regarded a sinner (Luke 19:7). But Jesus chose to go spend the night in his house. As a result, there was a lot of murmuring by the other people who considered themselves more adequate. “And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner”.

There was a blind man named Bartimaeus. He was a road side beggar, a popular one but a much despised one. One day, Jesus was passing by and the man cried out to Jesus for help. Others asked the blind man to shut up and stop disturbing the other people.

They regarded him as unfit in the society. In fact they assumed that Jesus would not want to have anything to do with that poor, retched blind man. They thought he would focus his attention on the rich and influential in the society.

Jesus however disappointed them. He stopped walking and asked that the man should be brought to him. In summary, the blind man returned healed. Jesus did not dismiss him just because he was inadequate. He turned his inadequacy to adequacy.

This is a big lesson for most leaders. If you are a pastor for example, stop giving special treatment and praying special prayers for the rich and influential people in your church just because they give you fat offerings. If you treat the rich specially, to the neglect of the poor, then you are a failed leader, a bad example and a disappointment to God. Jesus came for the weak and as a good leader, your focus should be to ensure the inadequate ones among your followers are lifted so they can become what God has destined them to become! 

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