The Trapped Leader

ALL – Psalm 47:1-9
ALL – Proverbs 10:24-25
OT – Numbers 2:1-3:51
NT – Mark 11:27-12:17

Too often leaders feel like they can’t admit their faults. This happens whether they’re simply husbands leading their homes or CEOs leading huge corporations or pastors leading churches. It’s a temptation all leaders face at some point, and maybe often.

When leaders who can’t admit their faults come face to face with Jesus, they’re doomed:

The Jewish leaders wanted to arrest him then and there for using this illustration, for they knew he was pointing at them—they were the wicked farmers in his story. But they were afraid to touch him for fear of a mob. So they left him and went away. – Mark 12:12, The Living Bible

Jesus sees our faults. Jesus not only sees them, but He points them out in such a way that we know when He’s talking about us. As leaders who don’t want to admit our faults, we have a choice. We can either embrace Jesus and His loving honesty, or we can hate Him for revealing our sinful ways and putting us to shame. The best choice is obvious. But we don’t like to make that choice to admit our faults and let Him change us. We often prefer to protect ourselves and our reputations—to try to save face.

Won’t you join me in committing to listen to Jesus, to humble yourself before Him? I often fight to save face, too, but we all need His loving truthfulness, His transforming grace.

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