Stuck With Each Other

By Who’s Authority by Paul Munn posted up at the Jesus Manifesto just happened to catch my attention, here is one thought from the post.

And [Jesus] taught his disciples not to rule over each other, that they had one Father and they were all brothers and sisters. When someone has been given special abilities or wisdom from God, we naturally follow them as “authorities” because we see they have what is good, what is from God. There is no need of human force to make us obey.

…God backs up the authority of those whom he has chosen.

God’s design requires constant together-ness.  We are incomplete without each other.

How does someone that is trying to fill the role of a leader in one of these faith communities learn from this commentary?  Sometimes a guy has to know when he is at the edge of his gifting and when to hand the baton off to keep things going.