Luke 6:12 (ESV) — In these days he went out to the mountain to pray,
and all night he continued in prayer to God.
NOTE: Jesus was a
perfect man, without sin, and fully God. And yet, decisions required careful
thought and prayer with the Father. God, existing without the constraints of
time, knows exactly the decision to make, yet Jesus wrestles all night in
prayer. In this case, the constraint of being a man and making hard choices was
upon Jesus. It is not easy being a leader. The decisions of the leader are
questioned even when the rationale is explained. The one person any child of
God can go to is the Father. He will listen and comfort and strengthen. I
wonder if Jesus upset others for not choosing them. I wonder if they went from
being a friend to a scoffer. I wonder if roots of bitterness sprung up. All we
can do is pray.
PRAYER: Father, as a
leader, my decisions are not accepted by all. I'm no longer one of the
"guys." I'm a boss and my actions and choices are evaluated,
discussed, and sometimes dismissed. I don't know the secret to not letting that
bother me, except I do know I can always go to you.
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