Wednesday, June 1, 2011
You Will Suffer - Take Heart
You Will Suffer, watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--JiiuJNvt4&feature=related
This is a video by John Piper that is very inspiring and gives hope in the midst of trials and suffering.
I must understand this as I enter a life of ministry and leadership in Jesus Christ – I WILL SUFFER.
I must realize this and not be surprised when it happens. As Christian leaders we will suffer. If we are striving to live lives that are in Jesus Christ, we must be ready to also suffer like our Lord and our Savior did.
If you are a leader that is going through a hard time right now, take heart and know that you are not alone. I never understood why Paul rejoiced in His suffering. But see now I get it, suffering brought Paul closer to Christ. In the midst of Paul’s suffering it brought him closer to Jesus Christ and made him more like Christ.
As leaders we will suffer. We must realize this or we will not make it in ministry.
This sermon by John Piper is a wake- up call to remember that the life lived and journey taken with Jesus Christ is sacrifice, suffering, and service. Jesus was the ultimate servant and calls us to a life of servant leadership. Servant leadership that involves suffering.
We as leaders will suffer and must put others first in servant leadership as Jesus Christ did.
Are we willing to suffer and truly lose our lives in service in and through Jesus Christ? Read 1 Corinthians 6:3-10
take heart : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZuKF3dxCY&feature=related
- Romans 5:3-5
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ReplyDeleteRyan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this post about suffering. It is always a good reminder that things are not always going to be easy when we decide to follow Christ. In fact, there are times when things are going to be extremely difficult and frustrating. This is especially true for those who enter into Christian leadership. The key to be a leader in the church, therefore, is to learn that we will never be able to be successful under our own power. Our suffering reminds us that we cannot rely on our own strength, but that we must rely on Christ and allow Him to work through us. Dr. Wardle really hammered this point home during our last class. It should not be a matter of if we are going to allow the Holy Spirit to work through us. That should be a given. It is a matter of how much we will allow him to work in us and through us. And I would argue that we will always need more of the Holy Spirit. Our suffering, the hardships that we go through as leaders, reminds us of that everyday. In our suffering, we can also model dependence on Christ to those whom we lead.