Much (I guess all) of my church leading experience has been leading while under the authority of others. It takes some wisdom to figure out how to do this well and I really think the guys at lifechurch.tv have some great thoughts on this. This is post one. Check out Their site for the whole post.

“Let’s start with a basic thought:

Someone said in regards to authority, “You can’t be over until you learn to be under.”

In other words, if you don’t know how to be under authority, you can’t expect to have authority over others.

Don’t try to lead up if you’re rebellious.
I’ve worked with a lot of talented leaders who have this mindset… “I’ll do what I want… one way or another.” That attitude will kill you every time.

Don’t try to lead up if you think you know it all.
If you’ve read many of my posts, you know how much I value the young emerging leaders.

One weakness, though, for many twenty-somethings (as it was for me) is that they often think they have things figured out. You don’t. You won’t even know what you don’t know for several years.”