Who are the Real Spiritual Leaders?

The real spiritual leaders in any family, church, or community are the ones working hardest to hear God's voice and obey it. They teach others, in word and in example, to do the same.

It is likely that as you read those two sentences a wave of self-rating and comparison and rationalization rose up in your mind. Don't compare yourself to others. You can't stand at the foot of the cross and look up into the face of Christ hanging there, sacrificed for you, and say, "But I'm better than that guy." Jesus Christ is the standard of comparison.