Leadership Principle: They Are Going to Think That Your Are Crazy.

“Then He (Jesus) went home and the crowd gathered again so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind”.   Mark 3: 20-21 

I am still amazed by how well Jesus handled the presures of Leadership. First he is preaching town to town, healing entire communities, cleasing lepers,  and casting out demons. Then, He is constantly being questioned by the pharisees and accused of blasphemy. The crowds are constantly pressing in around him, and they are so invasive that he cannot even sit down to eat. 

But on top of that, his family thinks He is out of his mind.  

Imagine spending an entire week of ministry and being questioned at every city only to return to the safety of home where your own family does not even believe you. 

That is enough to break any leader, but Jesus takes it all. 

So many times I have forgotten that the entire world was against Jesus. They didnt take him seriously. To them He was the equivalent to a crazy man on the corner in a busy street.

That is the Jesus we follow. 

So why do we assume that when God calls us to respond to a broken world that they would take us seriously? His own family though he was crazy and the pharisees thought he was demon possessed. The early church was accused of being drunk when the Holy Spirit fell upon them. When it comes to picking up our cross, the world says, “they are out of their minds”. 

As I learn to lead others in following Jesus on Mission I am quickly learning that in the world’s eyes this is crazy, but I am convinced that a life that makes sense to the world is not walking as Jesus walked (1 John 2:6). 

Freedom is found in Christ. This reality might look ridiculous to most of the world, but as leaders we must be willing to follow him wherever he calls us even if the world thinks we are crazy.