This is not a journey of perfection, it is a journey of progress.
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Hey friends, you know, one thing I want to stay really committed to as a faith leader and posting here on Faith Base is leading from my weakness and being vulnerable as much as possible. And, you know, here I am talking about seeing Jesus for who he really is and losing our life, taking up our cross. And, you know, I've been following Jesus for over 30 years, a long time, I accepted Christ when I was a real little kid. But I believe that was an honest opening to Jesus and have continued to just open myself up by the grace of God and the prompting of the Holy Spirit. And so over 30 years, you know, I have only come to realize that losing your life and letting go and taking up my cross, it's really hard. It gets harder the more people are involved in my family, like thinking about my wife and my kids. It gets harder the closer that people get, my wife and my kids. Even thinking about work dynamics and situations where people depend on me, putting myself in a position where I take the position of a servant and the position of humility is really difficult as a leader, as a husband, as a father. Sometimes I just, I realize I can open my eyes enough to see that I'm in it for myself and I'm doing things and making decisions based on what I want. And that's not the life of Jesus. Some days are good, some weeks and months are great. And I feel like I'm able to give freely, but it's not easy. And I never do it perfectly. You know, there are always situations and relationships where I need to grow in this. And so I just want to encourage you friends, this is not a journey of perfection. It's about a journey of progress. It's one step at a time. And that's been my experience. God bless you as we wrapped this up. I hope that you were blessed by it. And I know I'm challenged and blessed. It's good for us and we receive the blessing of God when we are digging into Him and just open to the process. This is a day by day thing. God bless you folks. Hope you're doing well.
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