Power?

" The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried, is the character." This is true! What a man is, survives him. It never can be buried!

As I continue on this study with leadership ... I am beginning to see a multitude of layers unfold in the midst of my study!! The question that sits heavy on my mind, and yet to be answered is .... WHAT DOES A GODLY LEADER LOOK LIKE?

I have truly enjoyed studying King David! Although King David did many GREAT things, He also struggled at times. King David was given GREAT power! I believe that his impact echos through generations because of what he did with the GOD GIVEN POWER that was given to him!

Have you ever been given power and used it in abusive way? The path to abusive power is easily traceable. It begins simply in our need for appreciation. I believe in many ways our current culture has made power a GOD. Many people can struggle with this thing called

" Arrogance" Arrogance, when well fed, begins to believe that the world owes it whatever it can seize.

As long as we follow Christ, we are safe! We are servants as long as we remember what Jesus said to Pilate: " You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above"

John 19:11

So often in life we find ourselves making a mess of our circumstances. Yet we often think in terms of how to fix things up rather than to make things right! Please friends remember that Fixing mess-ups falls short of being mended by the atoning work of Christ.

Are we so involved in selfish indulgence that we are blind to the signposts that God puts in our way to call us to Himself?

Again I say ... God made us to love people and use things. Why is it that we so often love things and use people? God longs to raise up those rare Christ-filled leaders who use their might to create right rather than claim that their might is Right!