Leadership and Indignation...Selah!

Amazing Grace (How sweet the sound)
That sav'd a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

These words that were written by John Newton are just as loud today as the day that John wrote them, thought about them, experienced them. Selah! This is a word meaning stop and listen. This word is similar to that of Amen which means to let it be. So today, for a few moments. You and I. Together. Let's Selah. Let's learn from our brother's past.

Has God placed eternity in your heart? Are you using what he has placed in your hand for what he has placed in your heart? No matter what the circumstances are you BEING who God has called you to be?

Amazing grace, what a song. And today for me, what a movie. William Wilberforce literally became sick from having such a heavy hearted and difficult task to accomplish. His task, his calling was to abolish the slave trade that threatened hundreds of thousands of lives. He surrounded himself with people that helped his journey, his calling...they even helped him find it and they even helped him keep it. The thing that I kept coming back to during this movie was, "why does he continue if it is making him sick?" I think the answer is, he can't help but do it. It is in him. His heart for these people, these souls, these friends, these slaves was far bigger, greater, and relentless than the disease that was trying to hold him down. Isn't that in fact a great picture of freedom from bondage?

Because 1 man overcame sickness from overwork and stress. Millions have dignity, life, and freedom. Thank you William Wilberforce for overcoming sickness. Thank you John Newton for writing Amazing Grace, for sharing Jesus with William Wilberforce and for showing him what changed your life! Because of their indignation we see a different world.

Because 1 man didn't have a place to lay His head.

Because 1 man came to seek and save the lost.

Because 1 man loved others more than his comfort.

Because 1 man loved when others hated.

Because the enemy couldn't defeat him, death couldn't keep him, and the tomb couldn't hold him! We are FREE! Let me ask you, is it worth the fight? Is it worth the uncomfort? Is it worth the pain? If it is, if he is? What are you waiting for? We have work to do!