We are having some days 'off' walking. To be honest, Columba and I have been sleeping and resting. Columba's snoring is seismic! Thank God I am partially deaf in my left ear. Nevertheless, I took to throwing one of my boots at him. It made no difference. This morning two pilgrims came into our bunk room, while we were having some breakfast. 'There's a group of us outside, who are making pilgrimage. We've heard that you are a teacher of Christ. Would you teach us?' 'On one condition,' said Columba, 'that once I have taught you, you get on with your pilgrimage.' So Columba went out and saw about twenty pilgrims gauping at him. 'What do you want to know?' 'How to follow Christ!'. 'No problem,' said Columba, 'Would you carry our rucksacks to the next village?' So they carried them. When we got their they asked when Columba was going to give them some teaching. 'I already have', said Columba. 'Think, and remember... what you have just done. Then I will teach you some more.' But they turned and went into the village for something to eat....muttering.
Matthew 9:35-37….
Crowds can be dangerous. This one is lost. The temptation is to have a leader who will dominate and unify people into action. Too often that action in history has been to fulfil the ego of the leader. Christ does not produce dominant leaders but labourers, working among the people – with them – not over them. The Church was not born not with a hierarchy but with the attitude of service. Christ is the servanthood of God. Authority in the disciples is Christ’s authority of service.
Dwell in My Truth and be My Wisdom and Compassion among others
In the West we are used to admiring ‘strong leaders’. It’s not that leadership isn’t important, but the question must be: is it Christ-like? All who follow Christ are called to exercise some form of leadership through service. But the dominating image must be dropped. So in your time of prayer, is there someone you know directly or in history who has exercised Christ-like leadership? Imagine that person asking you to be the same…. Use the sentence to ‘ease’ your way into the call of service.
+Martin
Argyll and The Isles
Matthew 9:35-37….
Crowds can be dangerous. This one is lost. The temptation is to have a leader who will dominate and unify people into action. Too often that action in history has been to fulfil the ego of the leader. Christ does not produce dominant leaders but labourers, working among the people – with them – not over them. The Church was not born not with a hierarchy but with the attitude of service. Christ is the servanthood of God. Authority in the disciples is Christ’s authority of service.
Dwell in My Truth and be My Wisdom and Compassion among others
In the West we are used to admiring ‘strong leaders’. It’s not that leadership isn’t important, but the question must be: is it Christ-like? All who follow Christ are called to exercise some form of leadership through service. But the dominating image must be dropped. So in your time of prayer, is there someone you know directly or in history who has exercised Christ-like leadership? Imagine that person asking you to be the same…. Use the sentence to ‘ease’ your way into the call of service.
+Martin
Argyll and The Isles
posted by Martin at 2:49 pm
1 Comments:
When do we know if it is "Christ like leadership"? If the church leader says it is O K to marry two men, if the church leader says "they're many paths to heaven (meaning Islam etc)", if the church leader says that they don't believe a lot of the bible as the word of God e.g. creation, are these Christ like leadership?
The Lord Jesus Christ believed in creation, He 'said' men marring men was wrong. He had absolute trust in the Old Testament. The bible is our ultimate authority. We see that a church leader is Christ like when he reflects Christ in the bible. Men are falible that is why they are given a copy of the bible at ordination to show them where their authority is, where their teaching should be based and how they should lead their lives.
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