We are on the final leg of a three part study on King Hezekiah.\u00c2\u00a0 Hezekiah was one of the greatest kings the Israelite people served under.\u00c2\u00a0 He was a shining star in the midst of much darkness and evil.\u00c2\u00a0 So what made him a great king?\u00c2\u00a0 What characteristics summarize his life?\u00c2\u00a0 We know that he\u00c2\u00a0loved the Lord and sought to reconcile the people back to God, vision.\u00c2\u00a0 We know he was willing to say what God called him to say, no matter what the consequences; courage.\u00c2\u00a0 What is the third characteristic that summarizes the king\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life?\u00c2\u00a0 In one term, servant-leader.<\/p>\n
Servant leadership is a term that is thrown around in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s culture, especially the Christian culture.\u00c2\u00a0 But, what does the term servant-leader
\nactually mean?\u00c2\u00a0 This term refers to the person who is willing to be the needs of others, or the needs of God, above their own.\u00c2\u00a0 There are few examples of servant-leaders.\u00c2\u00a0 Jesus was a servant-leader.\u00c2\u00a0 Martin Luther King Jr. was a servant-leader.\u00c2\u00a0 Hezekiah was a servant-leader.<\/p>\n
After a few years of being a King, Hezekiah reinstituted the Passover and ordered all worship to be conducted at the Temple. After he handed out all of the assignments to the Priests, the Bible tells us in 2 Chronicles 31:3 that King Hezekiah donated his personal offering as a first fruits to the Lord.<\/p>\n
Hezekiah understood that to be a true leader of people, he first needed to serve the people and set the example for what he was expecting. \u00c2\u00a0He gave of what he had, knowing that as a leader, this was a priority, not an option.\u00c2\u00a0 So how about you?\u00c2\u00a0 Are you a servant-leader?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you care more about\u00c2\u00a0eeting your needs or the needs of those around you?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you care more about giving of what you have for the Lord, or asking him to give you more for your glory?\u00c2\u00a0 All great leaders have vision, they display courage and they live out the heart of a servant-leader.\u00c2\u00a0 May you be the greatest king the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are on the final leg of a three part study on King Hezekiah.\u00c2\u00a0 Hezekiah was one of the greatest kings the Israelite people served under.\u00c2\u00a0 He was a shining star in the midst of much darkness and evil.\u00c2\u00a0 So what made him a great king?\u00c2\u00a0 What characteristics summarize his life?\u00c2\u00a0 We know that he\u00c2\u00a0loved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ernestsmith.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}