{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Way","title":"Being a Servant Leader: One Under Authority (part 3)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1111,"description":"After I had told my priest that I was thinking about seminary, he put me in the altar. He thought that this would be good experience if I was considering the priesthood.

\r\n\r\nIt so happened that I was helping my priest at the Agape Vespers when he noticed that one of the young teenagers wasn’t acting appropriately for church.

\r\n\r\nSince he couldn’t leave the altar, he quickly called me to himself and said, “See that person over there? Please tell them how to act appropriately.” He then motioned to a young teenager sitting in the front pew. \r\n\r\nIt was clear what the problem was—I’ll spare you the details so as to not embarrass anyone—but, like a lot of people, I was weary of confrontation. After all, that person wasn’t bothering me! Plus, I didn’t want to cause a scene, or create any hard feelings between me and the parents.\r\n\r\nThe best case scenario, I figured, was that the young person would probably be embarrassed by being called out in front of the entire congregation. The worst case scenario? We could have a complete meltdown on our hands. 

\r\n\r\nIn, the end, I spoke to that young teenager, who quickly corrected their behavior and that was that. \r\n\r\nDespite my dread, I had kissed the priest’s hand and accepted his blessing when I had asked to serve. So, I was under his authority … willingly. It was up to me to carry the instructions he had given me. \r\n\r\nAs Christians, we are all under an authority … that of Christ, who is revealed to us through scripture. We willingly died to ourselves and “put on Christ” in our baptisms and, so, we are in his house. Jesus is our Lord.\r\n\r\nTo lead, we have an obligation to be loyal to the one in whose house we dwell. 
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