- 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 [...]
25Feb11
The Supreme Model of Servanthood
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 [...]
16Feb11
The Suffering Leader: Part 1
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – More often than not, leadership skills are used in the service of personal gain and career advancement rather than in service to others. Yet God himself demonstrated, through the life and ministry of his Son, that leadership is intended for use [...]
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Lord in heaven, I confess that You are high and lifted up and that Your purposes are past finding out. I also confess that I often want You to be more understandable and comprehensible so that I might behold more than just the fringe of Your ways. There are many things in Scripture that do [...]
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14Feb11
The Ultimate Exemplar
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The act of washing feet certainly does not hold the same cultural significance for us as it did in the first century. So while foot washing may be a humbling gesture and a beautiful religious act, today we can easily miss [...]
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Lord God, Your ways are past finding out. Just when I think I have a handle on Your will and work and plans, unexpected outcomes and events crowd into my life and dispel my illusions. Who but You can know what an hour will bring? There is no simplistic one-for-one correspondence in this fallen world [...]
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- This is the conclusion of a series of highlights from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers – • Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you. 135 • The unfathomable sadness [...]
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9Feb11
A Visual Parable
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – While much is being said these days about servant leadership, it is far from a new concept. In fact, we can find its roots deeply imbedded in the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation we see a steady stream of leaders who [...]
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O Lord, when I consider how fragile and uncertain my world is, I realize that there is no real refuge but You. I make my plans, dream my dreams and hope for things whose outcome is uncertain. I cannot control this day or any other day. I am often frustrated by disappointments and setbacks and [...]
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