When you are leading, especially God's people, you need to listen to God and serve, God and then others

1. THE NEED FOR
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
27th October 2019

3. Today…
What issues do we face today?

4. Today…
What does God’s Word have to say to us today?

5. 1 Kings 12: 1-17, 25-29
• Summary 1
• V1: Rehoboam went to Shechem,
• V2-3: Jeroboam returned from
Egypt and a whole Israeli group
went to see Rehoboam
• V4: They asked for relief and
promised loyalty and service
• V5: Rehoboam requested time
• V6-7: Rehoboam consulted
elders; they advised him to serve
them and answer favourably

6. 1 Kings 12: 1-17, 25-29
• Summary 2
• V8-9: He rejected
them and consulted
his friends
• V10-11: They told him
to be even harsher
than his father
• V12-15: When
Jeroboam and the
people came back, he
replied based on what
his friends advised
• V16-17: Jeroboam
and the Israelites left
Rehoboam and thus
the kingdom split
apart

7. 1 Kings 12: 1-17, 25-29
• Summary 3
• V25: Jeroboam set up in Shechem and built up Peniel,
• V26-27: Jeroboam did not want his people to travel to Jerusalem for
sacrifices at the temple for fear that they will switch loyalty to Rehoboam
• V28: He made 2 golden calves, setting them at Bethel and Dan for his
people to worship

8. Context…
• In the previous chapter….
• God said to Jeroboam that he will split the kingdom, as Solomon’s heart
has turned away from God. Jeroboam was promised 10 tribes of the
Northern Kingdom, but the remaining 2 will be with Solomon’s heir.

9. What’s happening then?…
• Looking after the people of God: Responsibilities
• When you turn your heart away, you let go of God….(Solomon)
• Seeking advice
• When you lead, you take counsel…. (Rehoboam)
• Genuinely seeking wisdom
• When you take counsel, listen to God….
• Power hungry
• When you focus on yourself, you find trouble…. (Jeroboam)
God’s Leaders are to:
Listen to Him…. And serve…..

10. Today… How do we respond?
When you lead your FAMILY,
where do you seek counsel
from?
When you lead your CHURCH,
where do you seek counsel
from?
When you lead your TEAM,
where do you seek counsel
from?

11. Today… Who do we approach?

12. What was the original issue?
Where was God in the whole thing?

13. Mark 10: 42-45
• 42 Jesus called them together and
said, “You know that those who
are regarded as rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and
their high officials exercise
authority over them. 43 Not so with
you. Instead, whoever wants to
become great among you must
be your servant, 44 and whoever
wants to be first must be slave of
all. 45 For even the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.”

14. How then shall we live?
Living in JOY!
Jesus first
Yourself last
Others in between….