The Bible is the greatest leadership book ever written. Its pages contain not only practical insights but the transformational words of life. If you are looking for insights on finding and enlisting new leaders to your team, in Matthew 4:18-23 you find both.
The following are 10 Lessons On Finding And Enlisting New Leaders From The Life Of Jesus contained in those six verses:
- Jesus Found New Leaders As He Was Going About His Daily Agenda – Jesus was not sitting around waiting for leaders to come to him. Verse 18 says, “While walking by the Sea of Galilee”
- Jesus Was Actively Looking For New Leaders – “he saw two brothers”
- Jesus Knew The Names Of These New Leaders And Personally Selected Them – “Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother”
- Jesus Looked For New Leaders Who Were Making Things Happen – “casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen.”
- Jesus Personally Invited New Leaders To Join Him – “And he said to them, ‘Follow me”‘
- Jesus Called New Leaders To A Higher Purpose – Jesus told Peter and Andrew in verse 19, “I will make you fishers of men.”
- Jesus Called New Leaders To High Commitment – Verse 20 tells us, “Immediately they left their nets and followed him.”
- Jesus Was Always Looking For New Leaders To Join His Team – Verse 21-22 says, “And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
- Jesus Modeled For His New Leaders What To Do – Verse 23 says, “And he went throughout all Galilee”
- Jesus Gave New Leaders Something Meaningful, Purposeful And Life-Changing To Do – “teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.”
What is one thing you learned from the life of Jesus about recruiting new leaders?
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