As men of our congregation and as part of the body of Christ as a whole, we’ve been given the
calling to lead. This is a great blessing, but also a tremendous responsibility.

In the trials and struggles of life, men fall into the idea that they need to muscle through by their own strength and willpower, to pull up their bootstraps, and to simply soldier on.

Sometimes, they just give up the fight altogether. Both of these mindsets are wrong and potentially deadly to the spiritual life of the man.

God has made the born again believer a member of a body, not an individual. As men of Christ, we are expected to bear one another’s burdens. Some of us are champions at serving others, but horrible at asking for help or being served by others. Jesus told his disciples that unless they let Him wash their feet, they would have no place with Him. We must learn to both serve and be served. This isn’t unmanly. On the contrary, confessing our struggles and weaknesses, and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and ask help puts us in precisely the right place to trust in the grace and strength of the Lord, to be the men God has created you to be.