This blogpost was not easy to compose. Writing about godliness is
never easy, for to do so is to imply you’ve figured out how to walk in
holiness. I make no such claim here. I struggle like everyone else to be
pleasing to God in all I do. So I write these words to myself as much
as to anyone else.
Charles Spurgeon is one of my favorite writers, even though his
writings often challenge me deep in my heart. These words (first
directed to preachers, though applicable to all Christian leaders) are
especially gripping:
It is a shocking state of things when
good people say, “Our minister undoes in the parlor what he has done in
the pulpit; he preaches very well, but his life does not agree with his
sermons.” . . . God help us so to live that we may be safe examples to
our flocks!
If you’re a Christian leader, think about these ways to be a “safe example” to the flock:
- Prioritize the Word in your personal life. The Bible is God’s inspired Word, written by men carried along by the Holy Spirit as they wrote (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Pet. 1:20-21). Through His Word, God equips you to do His work. You simply cannot live a godly life apart from knowing and following the Bible. Continue at Chuck Lawless
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