First will be Last

"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." - Mark 10: 29-31

I have not written in so long! Being on vacation then mission trip really got me off track with this thing. Anyways. Yesterday I had lunch as a group with the CEO of all of Colgate and being that he's a leader of this huge company I wanted observe everything I can about him and learn from his leadership how subtle that it may be. There is one particular thing that I noticed and its something that unless you were watching you may have missed, and its this, He is always served Last.

Most people would expect since he is the CEO and at the head of the table he would be served first and start to eat first but its the contrary. He is always the last in line on the buffet line to get lunch, he is served his drink last, he is served his dessert after everyone else has gotten their dessert. Some may say "oh its a coincidence" or "he's late so he has to be last in line" but this is my third year in a row having breakfast or lunch with him and its always been the same so I believe that its very intentional on his part to show a culture of Servant Leadership.

In the Bible, Jesus says that those who are First shall be Last and those who are Last shall be First. Servant Leadership. The world tells us that Leaders have power and strength but the Bible teaches us humility and servants heart and many of us forget this and fall over to the secular mindset of what a leader should be and this leads us into arrogance and pride. I'll be leading small groups once again startin in the next few weeks and I pray that God will make me a leader in this company one day as well. As God puts us into positions of influence I hope that we can remember how Christ has served us so that we can serve others as He has.