The world is upside down from a biblical perspective.
In the world,
to win you have to conqueor.
To have worth you have to perform.
To be successful, you have to be better than others.
To lead you have to get others to accept your way.
But the biblical way, the “rightside up” way, is very different.
To win, you have to lose:
“whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” Matt 10:29
Jesus won by losing His life so He could defeat Satan, death and sin.
To be productive, you have to die:
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Matt 12:24
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Matt 16:24
To have worth, you have to let go and accept what God says about you:
“…he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” Eph. 1:4
To be successful, you have to surrender:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Matt 16:24
To lead you have to serve.
“whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, Matt 20:25.
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up….” Eph. 4:11,12
To live the ” right side up” way,
we have to live by faith,
to think Truth,
to trust God and surrender to His way. Let’s do it!
Jesus is leading; are you following?
