“Do as I say, not as I do.”
The hypocrisy inherent in this statement is fairly obvious. Sometimes children accuse their parents of exemplifying this type of attitude. Parents tell their children not to do certain activities and then turn around and participate in those very same activities. The same hypocrisy can very often be seen in leaders. Thankfully, my senior pastor, Rob Acker, is not that type of leader.
When we returned from our honeymoon Alycia and I were very interested to hear what people thought about our wedding. We enjoyed our wedding but didn’t know if any of our guests had enjoyed themselves. As we spoke with some of our guests, everyone kept telling us about Pastor Rob and his moves on the dance floor; apparently he was getting down. Alycia nor I saw Rob’s dancing, but it made quite the impact on a number of people.
I like that Rob was so freely dancing at our wedding because it set an example of celebration and taking joy in life. The weekend after our wedding Rob gave a sermon on what it means to celebrate and revel in the goodness and love of God. I’m sure it would have been a fine sermon on its own, but it had a much greater impact because Rob was so readily living it out.
Leaders need to set the example, regardless of the example being set. As leaders we often think of our responsibility to set the example in solemn and serious matters; it’s important to set the example in actions like forgiveness and attitudes like humility. But it’s equally important to set the example in how we celebrate and acknowledge God’s goodness on a daily basis.
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Oh, I'm not surprised. He's been dancing at home for years. We finally let him bust his moves in public a few years ago once we had all left the house.
ReplyDeleteBut in all seriousness I do think my dad is a good leader maybe especially because he knows how to celebrate and acknowledge God's goodness on a daily basis. Ask him to sing you his Sunday morning warm-up song sometime : )