Power

In honor of the transfer of power to our country's new president, I am reminded of Jesus’ attitude towards power. Jesus always chooses power under through service and rejects power over through dominance.

Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.”

Here is Greg Boyd from The Myth of a Christian Nation

“Rather than buying into and then fighting over the limited, divisive options of the kingdom of the world, we (the Church) need to be the one tribe on the planet who thinks 'outside the box.' We need to be a peculiar people who live in the otherwise unasked question- what can we do to bleed as means of manifesting life? While others posture and holler, we are to be holy people who, knowing we are the worst of sinners, simply live in the question- how can we bleed for others? How can we sacrifice for and serve the gay community in way that communicates to them their unsurpassable worth? How can we individually and collectively bleed in service to the homeless, the poor, and the racially oppressed? What does 'power under' service look like to drug addicts, battered women, pregnant women, children in sexual bondage, and confused, needy people…”