Sunday Worship

Sermon from Mark 9:30-39

“We need better leadership!” Have you ever said that? Perhaps you were frustrated with the direction being taken by some elected official or by management at your workplace or by the coach of your favorite team. You were frustrated because you know that no matter how many resources an organization has, it will flounder if leaders do not lead well: providing direction, training, motivation, coordination, encouragement, and even grace. Leadership is extremely important. And so, there are times we lament, “We need better leadership!”

Jesus Christ is the leader of our congregation, our home, our lives. And his leadership is perfect in every way. Therefore, when things are amiss in any of those arenas, what is needed is not better leadership, but better followership. In this series, we ask Christ to empower us with his Spirit so that we might better follow his lead. May we better reflect the beauty of his life, better make his priorities our own, and better serve our God and neighbor. Our worship follows this path.

This morning we see Jesus lead us with power. He does a miracle no one else can do. More than that, he does this powerful miracle it in a way that no one else would do it.  When it comes to our difficulties in life we see that the problem is not our Leader’s power, it is the lack of trust by us, his followers. God grant us better followership to see his power.