Look carefully at what Jesus is saying. It's not just pie in the sky by and by. He says you are going to get some rewards in this life as well as in the next. As trying and taxing as leadership is, it is still overflowing with fulfillment and reward. When leaders are chosen by God and envisioned by Him, equipped and empowered by Him, sooner or later they form some teams around them.
Ministries start to grow.
Needs of people are met, and lives and eternities are changed. And when those victories start happening, no one feels them quite as deeply as a leader. A leader feels the payoff for whatever good is happening as a result of his or her leadership. Leaders rejoice in every dividend that accrues to their account because they stayed in the fight and they led with diligence. In the summer of 1999, Willow Creek Community Church celebrated its largest baptism service ever.