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Authentic Leadership

June 20, 2021

David was not perfect, but God uses him anyway. God looked at his heart and knew that he would turn to God for help and guidance. And this week, we see that David trusted that God already knew he was qualified. He didn’t need to fit a mold of anyone else's expectations of leadership. David only had to fulfill God’s expectations while being exactly who God created him to be. David was focused on God and God alone. He did not let the distractions of those around him convince him to lead how other’s thought he should lead.

Unexpected Leadership

When you think of a leader, who or what do you think of? Do you have certain expectations? Do you automatically turn to the oldest in the room, the youngest? Do you attempt to examine one’s heart as a qualification of leadership?

David a young boy of eleven or twelve had the heart to not seek power. Harry at eleven began his journey to defeat Voldemort. He began as a young boy who did not seek power and finally defeated him as a young man who still did not seek power. In the end, once Harry has the most powerful wand in the world, he does not keep it for himself but returns it back to where it came from.

On the Day of Pentecost, the Spirit breathed life into the Body of Christ, and like the bones depicted in Ezekiel’s vision, they came together and stood up. That church stood up for the good news revealed in Jesus Christ and in their emerging ministry in the world. Today’s church is also called by God to live and to proclaim life abundantly!

— Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay

The Sermon Seeds Series for the Day of Pentecost and the immediate weeks after will flow from the theme, “Called,” and explore the nature of our calling to be church.

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