Do What Jesus Did

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What's up, gang?

Welcome back to another episode of The Grand Caz.

Get ready.

It's a new day.

And we're going to talk about this.

This was some of this we're sharing from a video

that we saw from John Maxwell

that was titled Do What Jesus Did.

So if you want to check it out, you can.

It's Do What Jesus Did.

And so we're going to just summarize a little bit

of some of the key points I thought out of there.

And I get to do that for you to try to serve you

as an imperfect person that don't always do what Jesus did,

but I'm trying to get more like it

and grow every single day to get closer to it, okay?

So regardless of your faith, there's plenty to learn

from the teachings of Jesus, especially in the realm

of leadership, okay?

So three things that we're going to highlight here

that they were talking about were some of the actions

of Jesus.

You know, one was, he found common ground, okay?

So Jesus actively sought to connect with people

where they were at.

Rather than waiting for them to come to him,

he went and found them.

So effective leaders got to understand,

they need to get to understand other people's perspectives

and meet them where they're at,

not where we want them to be.

Man, this is a big one, it's ironic.

I was just talking about this today

with some of the cash money folks that we mentor.

We were just talking about that

and having patience with people as a leader

and that we got to go meet people where they're at.

So, you know, in Steel City Impact, the youth program,

I have an opportunity sometimes to go

and connect with some of these young people.

They might be 12, they might be 17,

but I got to meet them where they're at, not where I'm at.

At 41 and all my experiences and expect for them

to just step up, you know, to my level and talk to me

a certain way or whatever, I got to go down

and where they're at and try to find them.

We got to go to them and their level.

And so I think if you want to connect with people,

that's a good lesson is to meet people where they're at

and sometimes where you're meeting people

is a work in progress and not a finished work

because you got to remember

if they were already going to be perfect

then why they wouldn't need you, right?

So meet them where they're at.

Number two, Jesus added value to people.

So Jesus' presence was transformative.

He healed, he blessed, he uplifted people, right?

So a leader, you know, in that realm, you know,

speak should be salt, you know, Jesus said,

I am the salt in the light.

A leader should be salt in light, improving situations

and making others live brighter and more hopeful

than they did before they met him.

All right, so that's what we got to do.

We got to make people see further.

We got to make people see the possibilities, see more.

We got to speak positivity into their life.

Give them energy, give them support

on the road that they're traveling,

speaking to a road they're traveling.

The third thing was, what you think?

Jesus took the low road.

You ever hear people say take the high road.

Maxwell even got a book out called High Road Leadership.

Jesus took the high road.

So there's three paths that he talked about.

You could take the high road, you could take the middle road,

you could take the low road.

Now, I could tell you looking back on reflecting on my life,

there was times where I looked back

and I'm like, you know, I took the low road.

Sometimes the lower the road,

depending on the crowd that you're around,

the more they'll celebrate you.

That's why you got to watch the company that you keep,

because I give an example, growing up as a young person,

you know, to go out and, you know, to fight with somebody

or whatever, you know, that was great.

That was celebrated.

But to walk away from something that you could avoid,

to stay out of trouble or not do something

that's gonna get you or somebody else in a problem,

that was looked at as low.

Right, so there's, you gotta look at the people

that you're hanging around in the growth mode that you're on.

I understand there's always a time and a place

to defend yourself and stuff in that example

and I am supportive of that, I get that.

But let's do this.

So the high road, they say is transformational.

It brings life and value to other people,

but the low road is selfish and transactional.

So I give you an example of the low road.

I'm not even gonna say what it was that they did for me

because I don't wanna put anybody on blast out there today.

So, but we had somebody do a job for us at our house

and this particular one thing, they overcharged us.

I know they overcharged us.

When we look at what the receipt was,

what they were asking us to pay, the invoice, okay,

that's what I was searching for to word over there.

When we get the invoice, I'm like,

yeah, they're shaking advantage of us.

There's no way.

And I asked some friends, it was over, it was overpriced.

So that's transactional.

That's somebody that maybe we'll pay you today.

That's a transaction, that's selfish at the time being.

But they're gonna, if they would take the high road,

that's somebody that you get repeat business, repeat.

So maybe you make a little bit less right now,

but you're gonna make way more down the road

because it's relational.

So some lessons that they talked about living

in the high road is that you value all people.

Jesus valued all people, not just those who agreed with them

or supported the same political party,

or liked the same football team,

or had the same education level for what it was,

but he got to loving all people,

a diverse background of people, white people,

Hispanic people, are you loving, and valuing all people?

One of his commandments was to love God and love your neighbor.

For some, that's harder than others,

but loving God sometimes is an easier part for me,

but sometimes man, I've had some neighbors.

I'm like, man, you sure God, I gotta love my neighbor.

This is difficult to love my neighbor.

But that's foundational for high road leadership.

And so I could reflect on times where not necessarily,

and maybe it wasn't a neighbor at my house,

but just people that I'm around that maybe I didn't

take that perspective of, and that's why

my name is Simon.

Hello, nice to meet you.

It's not Jesus, right?

We're working on it, working on getting there,

but that's why I'm on this journey with you,

trying to add value to you while I'm still trying

to add value to myself.

Another thing is, he served others with a different mindset.

Like there's a difference between helping and serving.

If we see people as hurting, we help,

but if we see people as valuable, we serve.

We need to try to do both.

How can we add value to people?

I look at you as valuable.

How can I add value to you?

And how can I serve you?

You never know what somebody else is going through.

It's another thing.

Sometimes as people, we gotta remind ourselves,

they say hurting people, hurt people.

You just never know what that person is

up against when they're upset or whatever.

And this is all stuff that I'm on the journey with you on.

Jesus saw people as valuable regardless of their situation

or to sin that they were involved in,

or whatever it is.

And that's the example that teaches us

that serving others is not just about self-interest

or what you like, but serving the greater good.

You know what I mean?

Sometimes it's gonna take everything in you

to serve that person.

Maybe a lot of times that's where the growth is at.

Being a high-row leader, you know, like Jesus,

he dealt with when we look at it, you know,

grace, authenticity, humility, love,

you know, the culture that we're in now

often calls us to take the low-road,

but Jesus is calling us to a high-row,

one that does a stoop down to judgment,

judge another people, but instead rises to serve people,

to forgive people and to love, which is difficult to do.

You know, we know right from wrong.

We know the high-row way is what this world needs,

not a life that reflects on our cultures, brokenness

or what's not right or what, you know, all those things.

I know sometimes you gotta have a reality,

but one that offers gratitude, healing and hope

for people I think is what, you know, is what we need.

And now none of us is perfect,

and none of us can change everything, right?

So it's like, man, we can change the world,

we wanna change the world.

Well sometimes, the fire starts with just a spark,

and somebody's gotta be all in

in order for everybody to be all in.

And so if we all do our part,

knowing that we're not perfect,

but we're aiming for some progress here,

we all do our part to take steps in that direction,

to try to take the high-row,

to try to, W-W-J-D, ourselves sometimes,

what would Jesus do

in trying to be the best version of ourselves

that we could be, and if we all do that,

imagine what the world would be like, right?

So I'm on this journey with you, you know, together,

we're on this journey, trying to get better.

Let's do it this week.

Let's pay attention to this week

with some W-W-J-D on it over the next seven days.

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