the apostle paul encourages the people to follow him as he follows Christ. i've been thinking about those words a lot in terms of leadership. no one would likely question that paul was a great leader, and yet paul's instructions were not to simply follow him because he had it all figured out, but to follow him as he followed Christ. ultimately we are not in charge. as great of a leader as we may be, every one of us is called to follow Christ - and even those of us who are commissioned to "lead" only do so effectively when we follow the true leader who is Christ. may we all learn what it truly means to follow the leader.