“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. Matthew 3:11-14 (NIV)
Sometimes we get so caught up in leading that we lose track of our need to also be a follower. As great a man as John the Baptist was, ("I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John"- Jesus speaking Luke 7:28), he never lost sight of the fact that Jesus was greater. He showed it by both telling others and by deferring to Him face-to-face.
Leaders need to set an example. We can show others how to follow us by how we follow those who lead us.
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