Welcome back to the "Whatever It Takes" Series, here we will start part IV of the series by talking about our final point of doing Whatever It Takes: Following The Ultimate Example.
The Mac OS X Dictionary, of course the ultimate of all dictionaries, defines the word ultimate as:
• being the best or most extreme example of its kind : the ultimate accolade.
So when I talk about following The Ultimate Example when it comes to doing whatever it takes, I am talking, of course, about Jesus The Christ!
He is The Ultimate = The Best example that we could ever imagine following. He is the ultimate person to pattern our lives after. 1 John 2.6 says, "If we say we are his, we must follow the example of Christ. (CEV)"...other Translations say that we should lives as Jesus did, and that we should walk as Jesus did.
So over the next few "Whatever It Takes" posts, I am going to turn this final point of Following The Ultimate Example into a subcategory. It's going to be a Character Study of Jesus in the context of Leadership and doing whatever it takes. So our first look into The Life of Jesus will come from what John Maxwell calls "The Law of Sacrifice."
Matthew 26.47 through 27.54 tells us how Jesus gave up His life, how He laid it down for us. No one took it from Him. He did whatever it took for you and for me in order that we would have life to the full (John 10.10)
• Jesus gave His life so that we could have ours
• We must live as Christ died...thus we must live like Warriors for Christ!
• Jesus lived a life that pleased God His Father
• Like John Maxwell says, "This is the mark of a true leader. Leaders pay any price to get the
job done." ...Translation: Jesus did whatever it took!
