One of the true signs of leadership is you help others succeed at what you do. The fruit of a good pastor is not how many sheep he has, but how many shepherds has he produced.
Think about it – the fruit of apple trees is apples, not branches. The fruit of leaders is leaders, not followers. If you are a church leader, you should be able to after a few years point to other church leaders you have raised up. If you are a youth leader, you should be able to after a few years point to other youth leaders you have raised up. If you are a worship leader, you should be able to after a few years point to other worship leaders you have raised up. This is one of the ways your leadership becomes manifest and obvious to others.
If you can be productive, that the productiveness of one. If you can raise up a team, you have the productivity of many! Your leadership will then increase. It is a mark of good leadership that you can raise up a team and make the team fruitful!
It’s not easy, and it takes a lot of humility and a lot of character, but you can build a team of people with a common vision and dream and that is powerful. The alternative is so many other people with no mentors, no direction, no dreams and no one working together to build something with significance.
It’s also for you, stepping into that role of a leader of leaders, one of the most rewarding, exciting, pleasing things you can ever do!
Next week: step one to raising up leaders!
Inspiring and Challenging Dreamers 