Christians are called to be leaders
Trust in Christ and prove yourself to be a trustworthy and honorable servant to your boss, an example of grace and mercy, even to unreasonable ones, for this finds favor with God.
- Lord, help me show your love.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.– 1 John 4:7-8 - Lord, help me forgive.
Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ. – Ephesians 4:32 (GNTD) - Lord, defend me.
He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.– Proverbs 30:5 (GNTD) - Lord, help me to keep my eyes on you.
Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead. 14 So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God’s call through Christ Jesus to the life above.– Philippians 3:13-14 (GNTD) - Lord, help me to be humble.
Don’t do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves. And look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own. – Philippians 2:3-4 (GNTD)
Further Study
- Read 1 Peter 2:12-22. List the reasons why we are to be subject to every human institution.
- How does submission to those in authority over us display God’s sovereignty?
- Is the teaching of submission to those in authority over us a call to be passive or inactive?
- Read Matthew 26: 36-46. How does Christ’s submission reveal the Gospel? What actions did He take and what was He preparing Himself for?
- If God in His sovereignty, places us in authority under what we would define as an “unreasonable boss”, is He trying to punish us into submission? (Read James 1:2-3 ; 1 Peter 1:6-7)
- Compare 1 Peter 2: 12-22 and Romans 13: 1-7.