As I was browsing on the net, I can across the website for Checker hall SDA; I found these powerful words that should humble every critical minded person whose work is just to look down on leaders. Good appetite as you enjoy your reading. Our Leaders, It’s the most common of human signs, and in the church, one of the most troubling. We shrug our shoulders, roll our eyes, and say with gentle sarcasm, “But what can you expect of leadership?” It’s a line good for a momentary laugh as we forge a fleeting bond with some other believer by diminishing those who have been called to lead God’s church. “We,” who pretend to be the great unvoiced, unheard congregation, describe ourselves as helpless to overcome the faults and foibles in those we have elected. Whether the leaders we are criticizing are in our local congregation, our region, or the General Conference, we find it tempting to catalog their mistakes and inefficiencies as though we had no more responsibility toward them than we do toward the mail carrier or the market owner. Indeed, in many instances, we speak more kindly of the nonbelievers, hoping they may yet turn to faith. In some way, a leader has failed to meet our expectations, and in our disappointment, we turn to the closest words at hand—usually words that someone once used about us. “Arrogant,” we say, or “foolish”; “wasteful,” or “unapproachable.” Our words become the painful and costly leveler of the church by which we “bring our leaders down to earth”—and thus reduce our claim upon the promises of heaven. Retrieved on 1st of August, 2013 from: checkerhallsda/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=533
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:27:51 +0000
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