SERVANT LEADERSHIP - The Blue Letter Bible Institute

Servant Leadership – Lesson 24 14
The Supremacy of Love by Wayne Taylor
cubic feet per second is so much that the power of that fresh water coming into the ocean actually
freshens the ocean for 200 miles out. For 200 miles it is fresh water. But do you know how the
mighty Amazon begins? It begins as a little trickle up in the Andes Mountains where no one sees
it. It just begins to trickle from way up there alone.
And that is where it must start for us. If we are going to become part of a mighty work of God—
and God is doing a mighty work—we must receive that living water on the mountain with the
Lord. Go to Him to be refreshed each day. Drink in His love and the water of His Word. Then as
we are refreshed, we come down and join with others. All these tributaries join together and a
mighty Amazon is formed. And as we come down with that living water we have received, and
together with others we make it available, things are going to grow! Life is going to sprout up
everywhere. It starts small. It is that heart broken before the Lord, receiving, and crying out to
God.
Let’s bow our heads.
Dear Jesus, Your ways truly are amazing. They are so different
from man’s ways. They are so pure. We are impure in ourselves,
but You are purifying our lives and breaking our hearts so that
we have a sacrifice to give You, a broken innocent heart to share
with You. Without Your work we would not have that. Lord, we
want to yield to that work. We do not want to fight against it. We
do not want to resist the beautiful work that You are doing.
Though Paul was being insulted and overlooked, when he saw
his gross weakness, he finally got to the point where he said, “I
glory in that, because then Your power comes through. Then I
am made strong in You.” Praise You, Lord. Thank You so much
that You love us and You want Your love to fill us. It is such a
different, higher, surpassing love. Praise You Lord Jesus.