- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The pages of human history are stained with the disastrous consequences experienced by people who have misused their privileges of power, wealth, exceptional intelligence, strength or honor. From Samson to Solomon, our fallen race has been unable to use these gifts [...]
10Mar11
Leadership by Serving
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The scene in Revelation 5 opened with John grieving deeply because it appeared that no one would be able to deal with God’s wrath against the sin of humanity, to break the seals, unveiling the mystery of the consummation of all [...]
Lord of history, Your name is to be blessed and exalted forever. Your dominion is everlasting and Your kingdom endures from generation to generation. Wisdom and power belong to You and You rule over all the times and the epochs of human history. It is You who removes kings and establishes kings, and no one [...]
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2Mar11
The Influential Leader
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – As we have seen, while the concept of servant leadership has recently become very popular it is by no means new. Jesus required it as a foundational character trait of any who would follow him. Dr. Frank Davey has written: Jesus [...]
1Mar11
The Counter-Cultural Leader
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – At some point in the future, every knee will bow at the name of Jesus. In a true sense, then, the question is not “Will you acknowledge Jesus as Lord?” but rather “When will you acknowledge Jesus as Lord?” Yet Jesus [...]
Faithful Father, as I reflect on the redemptive history recorded in the narratives and oracles of Scripture, I see so many surprising setbacks and breakthroughs. The wisdom of Your Word invites me to view events and circumstances with a long-term perspective. When I only look at the short term, I get muddled, confused and doubtful, [...]
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25Feb11
The Supreme Model of Servanthood
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – We are healed because Jesus was wounded. This beautiful passage in Isaiah 53 includes a reminder of the desperate human condition that required Jesus to undergo such suffering: We are like sheep, lost and in rebellion against God. Verse 6 both [...]
21Feb11
The Suffering Leader in Isaiah
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The heart of the prophecy is in the third section, which describes the Servant’s “passion” or suffering. Isaiah told us (using the past tense) that the Suffering Servant “took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows” (v. 4). The Hebrew word [...]
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God of grace and hope, I am embedded in this world as a participant and agent, and yet I realize that my true citizenship is in heaven and not on earth. In this life in Christ, I know that I am really a stranger, an alien, a sojourner and a pilgrim. Like the men and [...]
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17Feb11
The Suffering Leader: Part 2
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – Here we see clearly an image of rejection. Jesus was the root, planted by God, who grew up in the dry soil of Israel’s rejection and isolationism and religious legalism. Far from being a receptive audience, Jesus came to his own [...]
