Leading With a Loyal Heart: Day 3
Have you ever stayed loyal to someone who was disloyal to you? Did you forgive them?
by David Joynt on July 05, 2016
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Jesus led with a loyal heart as well, embodying His Father’s covenant faithfulness. He too was loyal despite the disloyalty of his followers. When Jesus begins to teach about the cross and some of the more difficult aspects of his identity and path, the crowds begin to thin. His disciples remain and promise fidelity but abandon Him under pressure. He sees this coming and warns them, and then, tellingly, after the crucifixion and Resurrection, He finds and forgives them.
Jesus models a kind of suffering leadership that forgives disloyalty and calls people back into relationships, unbound by guilt and blessed by forgiveness and freedom.
Have you ever stayed loyal to someone who was disloyal to you?
Did you forgive them?
