Showing posts with label lead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lead. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 February 2024

Letting someone else lead us


We are not good at letting someone else lead us. We usually like to be in control and to call the shots. Jesus makes it clear, that when it comes to being a disciple, we must choose to let him lead us. There is no other way:

34-37 Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. (Mark 8 - Eugene Peterson)

Thought: What do you find hard about sitting in the passenger seat? 

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell

Living in Grace

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Friday, 12 January 2018

I need a Star!

Sometimes I think I need a Star!
Just like the wise men (or Magi) in Matthew 2 I feel that there are moments in my life when I need a star to guide me and to make it clear how I should follow God.
BUT then I remember, I don't need a star. I have Jesus. And he has promised to guide me, lead me, love me and show me the way.

Matthew 16:24 -  "Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am." (MSG)

Don't look for "something" to help you out today, but rather look for someone.
His name is Jesus.

“...because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.” - Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

Living in Grace
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