Servant Leadership

While at Disney Word last week the crowds were overwhelming. Because it was one of the busiest weeks of the year, Disney had many of their execs out in the parks working and helping the staff. I assume the point of this activity was not only to help the staff, but also to allow the execs to experience what the "real world" is like in the busiest of days, thus helping them to know how to make better decisions. It was obvious who the execs were...they were dressed differently (not in those crazy colorful uniforms) and they all had nametags and ID that showed who they were. It is actually a pretty cool concept. We should all have to step into the shoes of those we are making decisions for so that we know how to make better decisions.
However, there was a mark of leadership that absolutely floored me from the execs that were all over the parks. Every one of them walked through the parks, helping, answering questions, but everyone of them were carrying a trash picker. And as they were going, they ALL picked up the trash that was lying around and disposed of it. They didn't tell someone else to do, although they certainly had the power to do it. They didn't ignore it, even when they knew there were others whose sole job was to take care of the trash. They didn't assume someone else would see it and take care of it. They all were looking for and assuming resposiblity to pick up the trash as they went about their jobs.
Wow....now, that is a picture of Servant Leadership. Execs with trash pickers. I guess the thing that struck me was that if Disney gets that....why doesn't the church? That we are all called to be servant leaders. We are all called to pick up the trash as we go. That we should not assume someone else will take care of it, think it is someone else's paid job or tell someone else to do it. We can't ignore it. We are called to AS WE GO, be servant leaders.
So, pick up a trash picker and start serving....the church has got to be better than Disney!

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