IS LEADERSHIP ROCKET SCIENCE?

• Selective in our leadership candidates
• Nietzsche’s super-man strikes off Christian ‘herd morality’
• PERSONALLY PRECIOUS

TO OUR SHEPHERD

• David defended flock from lion and bear
• God’s style is gently leading
• Jesus ‘good’ shepherd – calls us by name, cares for us

CONTENTED WITH THE PROVIDER OF OUR NEEDS

• I have all that I need – tender pasture, waters of resting places
• God’s not sparing His own Son assures He graciously gives us all things
• Makes me lie down: is God the root of our contentment?
• Restores / resets our soul, unlike Martha – worried and upset

PRODDING US IN RIGHT PATHS

• FOR HIS RENOWN
• Corrects us to bring honour to His name / renown
• Disobedience is akin to profaning God’s name
• A little pressure on the hoof so we make our Master look good

OUR PRESENT PROTECTOR IN DARK TIMES

• Worldview has to answer big questions – origin, meaning, morality, destiny
• God’s presence brings both courage and comfort
• To declare God doesn’t exist presumes I possess infinite knowledge
• Good Shepherd has both desire and authority to lay down His life for sheep

STOP SUPPOSING

• GK Chesterton: for Christian, joy is central, sorrow is peripheral – fundamental questions of life have been answered