Jesus - a different kind of leader...

A dear Muslim friend asked me yesterday: “So are you a protestant pastor or a catholic pastor?” What a question…

All these names… I felt the need of lifting up just one name: Jesus… (I think I mumbled something like: "Just trying to follow Jesus, as I put my hand to my heart”)

Jesus is so different from all good people your ever met.

In Mark 10 it says: THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, and give his life as a ransom for many…

That’s why we love Him - worship Him from our hearts...

Imagine a King, a ruler of a Mighty Land. He got some rights that all rest of us does not have. Right? Jesus is God, The Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He rules the whole world, but He is different:

“He always knocks before entering. He doesn’t have to. He owns your heart. If anyone has the right to barge in, Christ does. But he doesn’t. That gentle tap you hear? It’s Christ. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20). And when you answer, he awaits your invitation to cross the threshold. He’s serving the guests as they sit (John 13:4–5) and when you talk, he never interrupts. He listens. He even opens doors for you. He pulls out the chair for you at the table. Has it been a while since someone pulled out your chair?
Let Christ do what he longs to do. For as you receive his love, you’ll find it easier to give yours. (Max Lucado)

Could we as His Church experience the same? Yes, I think so. If we constantly receive His love, care, healing, respect and restoration, we will find delight and pleasure in serving other.

Henri Nouven says: “When we touch the heart of wounded people, we are touching the heart of Jesus...”

I believe, this is the “secret” of Jesus Christ: Find someone who are more hurt, or in more need, than you. Comfort and help that person, and show love and respect to that person, lay your hands on that person, pray for that person, and you are immediately touching the heart of Jesus.

Couldn’t it be wonderful to see some local “Jesus-Churches” in every spot of the earth? In big cities, in villages everywhere. If Jesus is present, we can sense it in the atmosphere, and also in practical way: Some doors will be opened and some chairs will be pulled, wounded hearts will be touched, kindness is present and fear is not.

Worthy of Honor, Worthy of Praise
Splendor above the Heavens
Powerful Maker, Mighty Creator
Your people rejoice
In your unfailing love.