There is a moment in the life of every believer when personal transformation must give way to corporate responsibility. Not because you’ve arrived—but because you’ve been formed.

That moment doesn’t begin on a stage.
It doesn’t start with a microphone.
It begins at a table—a different kind of table.

We call it The Table of Leadership.

This is not the same as being put into a leadership position. This table is not about titles. It’s about assignment.
It’s where the leaders God has formed through communion, trust, and tribe are now entrusted with the responsibility of serving the body.

What Makes This Table Different

Every previous table has been about inner work—deep surrender, healing, union, trust, and alignment.
But now the fruit of that process must become available to others.

Jesus modeled this rhythm when He called His disciples close. He didn’t immediately send them. First, He sat with them. He shared meals, exposed their hearts, corrected their vision, washed their feet.

Only after that did He assign them:

“I have commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you!”
—John 15:16 TPT

This is what happens at the Table of Leadership:

Fruit is evaluated.
Motives are tested.
Grace is discerned.
Assignment is affirmed.

Leadership Isn’t Assumed—It’s Confirmed

We live in a time when gifting is often mistaken for calling, and charisma is mistaken for character.
But in the Kingdom, leadership is recognized, not self-declared.

Paul wrote this to Timothy:

“Until I come, be diligent in devouring the Word of God, be faithful in prayer, and in teaching the believers. Don’t minimize the powerful gift that operates in your life, for it was imparted to you by the laying on of hands of the elders and was activated through the prophecy they spoke over you.”
—1 Timothy 4:13–14 TPT

Notice how Timothy’s leadership wasn’t based on ambition.
It was based on impartation, confirmation, and community agreement.

The Cost of Sitting at This Table

Leadership is not a reward.
It’s a weight.

You don’t sit at this table to be seen. You sit to be sent.

This is where dreams are submitted to the body.
Where words are weighed by those with maturity.
Where ego is crucified again so that Christ may lead through us.

“So now the apostles and elders met privately to discuss the matter further.”
—Acts 15:6 TPT

Even the apostles didn’t operate alone.
They gathered around relational governance, not positional dominance.

This Table Prepares You for the Team

Before you move into Team—the outward mobilization of Kingdom purpose—you must be seated here, at Leadership.
Because Team without Leadership breeds chaos.
But Leadership without Communion, Trust, and Fellowship breeds pride.

You must first be formed in private before you can function in public.
And this table is where that formation becomes function.

What to Expect at the Table of Leadership

Evaluation of Fruitfulness
Are you still feeding from the last table—or bearing fruit for others?
Examination of Motives
Are you building your name or stewarding His?
Embracing of Responsibility
Are you ready to lead even when it costs, even when no one sees?

**The Question Isn't: “Can You Lead?”

The Question Is: “Can You Be Sent?”**

This table doesn’t ask if you have potential.
It asks if you’ve been proven in trust.
It asks if your “yes” is surrendered.
It asks if your hands are clean, and your heart humble.