Lately I have been reading several posts from Christian friends that leadership should always be encouraging and always uplifting, which is true. (I have learned its best to always find a way to say everything in a positive way!) And the theme of the posts or favorite sayings is that there should never be corrective critisim or any type of correction given from leadership. People have been using little antecdotes or "parts"of scripture to back up their viewpoint. And frankly I have liked several of the posts. And yesterday a Dr. Seuss saying caught my attention and I liked it. The second I clicked like, I felt that pin-prick in my heart. "Be who you are and say what you mean because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss I love reading Dr. Seuss books! But Jesus Christ and our leadership should matter; and I can tell you there have been times I have said or acted in way that God did mind! You see this little saying seems harmless but we carry this over into our relationships with Christ and our leadership if we are not careful. He has given leadership to all of us, to help lead and guide us into all truth, the narrow path that few find.
When people post only the encouraging parts about scripture I wonder if they forgot where Jesus was angry and turned over the tables in the temple because He was upset about what the people he loved were doing. Jesus taught about how He dislikes lust, adultery, divorce, greed, warns of false prophets, and reminds us to be careful what we put our treasures in. He also said, "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it." Matthew 7:14 Jesus gives us these warnings Himself; yet we try to stay as far away from the narrow path as possible. We want to make it only about the act of love He displayed on the cross and yes that is an amazing place to start but we as the church have got to allow room for Christ to grow in us. We have got to allow leadership to lead and guide us. Please don't misunderstand, I know we can independently make decisions but we need to make sure we have the COMPLETE mind of Christ and not just parts of His word hiding only what we consider the encouraging and loving parts. It is all there for our good and we would do ourselevs well to acklnowledge His whole truth.
