Jesus Life 91 - The Jesus Army

She’d hold their
hair while they
were being sick
and make sure they
got home safely
Continued from previous page
Desperate measures are needed
We all enter into ‘the wilderness’ for some
seasons in our life. Most of the time it’s not our
choice, or something that we want to do, but
we find ourselves there. Elijah was intimidated
and depressed, but he was sustained by the
Spirit. He was encouraged and ministered to
by angels for 40 days and nights. He ventured
through the wilderness before he met with
God.
Jesus, affirmed by the Father, led by the
Spirit, enters the desert to “face his demon”
and he’s ministered to by angels. There’s
something about the wilderness that makes
us aware of our weakness and it’s out of that
weakness that we gain clarity.
We will struggle to truly release younger
leaders from a place of strength and
sufficiency. There’s a cost to truly releasing
people; it’s not just about recruiting volunteers
to do our bidding, it’s about multiplying
leaders. That’s a whole other level of risk and
I think it’s difficult to do that from a place
of strength – we need it to happen out of
desperation.
The art of seeing needs to be embraced
This is what happens to Elijah: God very
clearly speaks to him about his successor. We
don’t get that from Jesus, but my guess is, it’s
a very formative time; He’s got an idea about
what’s going to happen next, even who He’s
going to choose to be His disciples. These were
common people – Elisha was just a farmer,
one of twelve teams ploughing the fields, Peter
and Andrew were fishermen.
They were ordinary people and the challenge
for us is: are we able to see through people’s
ordinariness? To see what God has put in them?
Do we embrace this art of seeing what God sees?
It’s going to be the key to getting the right people
and the right leaders beyond their self doubt.
Beyond the enormous ego that is sometimes
there in young men, lies potential.
s
s
6
Jesus Life
www.jesus.org.uk