December 28, 2010
Revelation 20
Pastor Paul Glenn
Early in my professional career, I worked with insecure managers who restrained all joy by their micro-managing, supervisors who attacked anyone successful because they felt threatened and prejudicial leaders who played favorites and made decisions based upon existing biases.
None of these describe Christ or His leadership. In Revelation 20, John helps us to see who Christ is, in all of His Kingly aspects. As King, Christ is:
- secure in His leadership (verse 1-6), and is even willing to delegate His authority to loyal and faithful followers
- confidently sovereign (verses 7-10), and even appears patient with Satan - His greatest foe, who continues to promote uprising and rebellion. Christ alone is in control of Satan and the length of his leash. He is not threatened in the least.
- an unbiased judge (verses 11-15) who will judge the “great and small” - those who are famous and those who live in relative obscurity. Notoriety will mean nothing, yet no one will simply blend in - hidden in this sea of humanity. Each will be judged on his own record.
Let’s aspire to lead Christ-like…secure, confident and just.
Pastor Paul describes his greatest passion in ministry as “helping people and organizations see beyond the present and encourage them to take steps toward their full potential in Christ.”
