Personal holiness is not optionl for a leader.
I Peter 1:14-19
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
We have an integrity crisis in church leadership today. The temptations are real. Satan still revels is watching pastors and lay leaders fall to his schemes. Holiness requries a radical commitment to God and his ways. We have been ransomed with the blood of Christ! We have been called by a thrice holy God! What are we doing to guard our hearts from the lure of money, sex, power, and position. So many thing can become the driving force in our lives. The challenge today is allow Christ to reign in our hearts, permitting the holy spirit to have his way with us.
Let us curse the praise of men, the pursuit of position, and the allures of the flesh and let us pursue with passion the God who saves!
