Life was never to be lived on your own.
It is baffling how individuals are given titles and positions with the thinking that they will do a particular job all on their own. Great expectations are placed on them, they are placed on a pedestal and enormous pressure is placed on them to keep up appearances and tow the line as far as that position is concerned. Behind closed doors they may suffer or get caught up with their own hype. Meanwhile others suffer and what was only ever meant to be accomplished by community is loaded on an individual.
Collaboration is a superb word for a superb concept. As we all get on with serving each other and the community around us we learn to rely on each other and learn from each other and work together to express the coming Kingdom in our living.
That lifestyle puts titles and positions in perspective. There are no longer big chiefs who hog the limelight. Space and time is given in mutual service for Jesus to get the headlines in our promoting of Him.
Sure this bucks the trend of the cult of personality, but that is the amazing outcome of seeing the King and His Kingdom as He would present it to us.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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