Lead Like Jesus-The Temptation To Be Relevant

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Too often we are tempted to seek relevancy in what we do, what we own, or who we know. What if our relevancy was based in Christ rather than everything else around us? How would that change us?

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“Leadership is influence. Nothing more. Nothing less.” John Maxwell

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You are influencing someone somewhere.

• Does my leadership influence people to know Jesus?
• Do I lead like Jesus?

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Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty dayshe was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 Thedevil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written:‘ Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Luke 4:1-4

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Life’s greatest temptations:

1. The temptation to be ______________.

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“We are made to believe that we are what we produce.” Henri Nouwen

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The enemy was testing Jesus to see if he would use his ______________ to satisfy his ______________.

The enemy will test you to see if you will use your ______________ to satisfy your ______________.

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For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, comes not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:16

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Today’s bottom line:

• My ______________ is based on my ______________ on Christ.
• Nothing else matters.

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Today’s application:

• It all comes down to the intake of your life.
• What is it that feeds your relevancy?

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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6

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Verses to read over this week:

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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” Revelation 4:11

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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for man, Colossians 3.23

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Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. John16:35

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“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.” – Jeremiah 17:7