Follow in Christ's Steps

We Worship God
A Guide for Worship Leaders:
The Christ Hymn


1 Peter 2:18-25 (The Message

The Kind of Life He Lived
 ^18-20You who are servants, be good servants to your masters—not just to good masters, but also to bad ones. What counts is that you put up with it for God's sake when you're treated badly for no good reason. There's no particular virtue in accepting punishment that you well deserve. But if you're treated badly for good behavior and continue in spite of it to be a good servant, that is what counts with God. ^21-25This is the kind of life you've been invited into, the kind of life Christ lived. He suffered everything that came his way so you would know that it could be done, and also know how to do it, step-by-step.

   He never did one thing wrong,
   Not once said anything amiss.
They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you're named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls.

For Reflection
It begins.  The New Covenant has been consummated. The schooling is finished. The mission is clear.  Our lives transformed by the living Christ will be different, taxing and full of passion in truth. The Christian calendar, a new era under God, has begun, is, and will be. The good suffering is a way of life. Free to live the right way, we are free to err and to be redeemed.  Saved to serve the Lord.

Pray
Praise be the power of that holy name!  Pray that you use this new born power humbly in Christ centered ways.