Who Are We To Say?

I have sometimes encountered the situation where I see fellow believers talking about their walk with God by questioning the commitment of others around them.  Why is it that this becomes the way we rate our relationship with the Father?  I find that when people want to make themselves look better, whether it is in work or recreation, the simplest of ways people find to do that is to say everything that the person they are comparing themselves to is doing wrong.  This should not be the case.  I don't care how much better you are than someone else, I don't want to hear you tell me in a comparison, rather tell me what makes you good.

I have experienced this in leadership situations where people who, in essence, may want to take over a position start to question the leadership that is already in place - whether it be government or church.  I would urge you to not be so quick to judge by raising questions about the leaders commitment.  This is not to say that accountability is of no use, but rather change your attitude from an attitude of pride to an attitude of humbleness.  Leadership is not a role of control, it is not a role of dictatorship. NO! I don't know why people feel that when they are given that role they have to be the forefront of everything, in the spotlight and micromanaging with an iron fist.

Leadership is the act of serving, and when a leader serves a leader inspires and from inspiration you can turn a team following behind you into leaders or better yet into servants.  When that happens your role as a leader changes from proving that you are better than everybody else to running along side your "teammates" and becoming a force larger than before.

So stop trying to prove yourself to others and start working on your own relationship with Christ.  You don't have to compete for Christ attention and from where he stands he sees you no different than the guy next to you.  The analogy comes to mind that is so much easier to relate to when you have either lived in San Fransisco Bay Area, know of it, or have been there. 

Two men are standing on Pier 39 in San Fransisco looking out towards Alcatraz.  They both get the notion to see if they can jump their way from the Pier to the Island.  (For those of you who don't know, the distance between the two is roughly 6,000 feet.)  The two men took a running start at one end of the Pier and when they got to the end of it they lept from the boardwalk toward the Island both landing in the Bay separated by only a few feet.  One of them said as they were bobbing in the ocean water, "I got closer than you."  But when all is said and done neither of them were remotely close to even coming close.

Romans 3:23

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."