 Okay Yeah, let's just look to the Lord and pray and before that I just want to read from Proverbs 3 and verse 1 It says my son do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands For length of day and long life and peace they will add to you Do not forget but let your heart keep and The outcome is that length of days long life and peace they will add to you The next verse verse 3 says let not mercy and truth forsake you bind them around your neck Write them on the tablet of your heart and so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man Really What is amazing is the outcome of God's word when When we grasp it Not just with our mind intellectually, but you know wholeheartedly when our heart Keeps his command, you know with our very being the core of our being We keep the word of God keep his commands his commands are not restrictive his commands are not to You know put us down or put us on a leash but really it is to release us into Life it says length of days and long life and peace the laws of God the commandments of God will add to us and mercy and truth God talks about those two qualities and The two qualities which are part of him very nature of God mercy and truth and as we As we keep them close to our heart says write them on the tablet of your heart Engraved on our heart, you know, just so mercy and truth You know what a great combination truth and at the same time mercy And so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man So a couple of important keys there for long life For a good life a length of days and peace and also for favor with God and with men. So Let's just pray and say I'll tell the Lord Lord Your word your commands your precepts Let my heart Grasp peace, you know, let it be part of my the core of my being It is not just to Please you it is not just to do that bare minimum But let it be part of my life, right? Whether people are watching or not whether I am in a particular environment or not but God that's your commands Let let my heart grasp your commands in this manner. So let's pray Father we we thank you for your word God. We thank you that your law is liberating That your word truly is life life-giving and Gives us abundant life and master we just want to thank you this morning that We get to do this. You give us yet another opportunity to Lord grasp your word Lord with our heart Lord that we will Follow them with our heart As your word says let your heart keep my commands. Yes, Lord with the core of our being or father God Whatever you are Commanding whatever you are exalting whatever you're instructing from your word Lord May our Lord heart grasp this and keep this even as your spirit gives us revelation and May the outcome that you promised or be our experienced God Father God even as we read about mercy and truth Or even as that is engraved in our hearts God But let the outcome of that Outcome of doing that favor with you favor with man highest team Lord, let that be our experience We just want to thank you for these promises and Made be our experience Father God. We thank you in Jesus name. We pray Amen. Amen. Hey money once again to all those who tuned in Just now tuning in just now okay so last class we Yeah, last couple of sessions. We've been looking at Leadership particularly Christian leadership and last class we looked at how the life example or the leadership example set by the Lord Jesus and so we looked at purpose and we also looked at Another quality of the Lord Jesus leadership You know the way he modeled leadership that is it where he was selfless not self-serving and did not have any selfish ambition Though he he was You know, he was consumed by the passion With the purpose which God with the father had put you know sent him with But he was not self-serving even in the pursuit of that even in the fulfillment of that he was not self-serving, right? So like sometimes, you know People who are very driven Can be self-serving I'm driven by that. I need to have that. I need to do that at any cost No matter what is the what is the outcome or what is the effect on people? You know, we can be sometimes when we are very very driven to work with the cause it could be a good cause it could be even ministry but When it it can be, you know, it can become self-serving if it's if you're not careful, right? so we looked at how the Lord Jesus was selfless and We looked at the instruction in Philippians 2 where Paul writes and he says let nothing be done through selfish ambition or pride but in humility, you know, you esteem others better and You look out not only for your interests own interests But also for the interests of others and let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus who took on the form of Bond servant and and we saw that, right? So today we will continue as we continue we look at The third one the third Manor in which the Lord Jesus modeled leadership for us. That is in his obedience to the Father You know, so as a leader, we are called to be obedient as Christian leaders, you know, we are Specifically we're looking at that as Christian leaders to be obedient to the Father to be obedient to God Now now we might say well, that's that's a given You know, that's a oh, let me just Share the screen Sorry You know, we might say that's a that's a given, you know way way even talk about it But you know many times we as believers we can go our own way and make it look like God's way we can do our own thing and And make it look like okay. God has put a stamp of approval on it, right? so to be willing and to be obedient to the leading of Of the Holy Spirit right in our role as leaders to be willing to be obedient to be to be willing and obedient right, and we know that Obedience is well, it is it is a joyful thing, right? It's it's Produces joy in us when we obey But it comes at a cost It comes at a price, you know, there are times when obedience costs us obedience to That to his to his voice to his instruction it comes sometimes at At a cost at a at a personal cost, you know as a personal sacrifice And we know also know that obedience is not always Comfortable, right? It's not we are not always in the realm of the familiar It's not always in the realm of our comfort zone it is many times to step out of our comfort zone and to to take that step of faith and Particularly, you know as believers This is even more so right we hear the voice of the father we hear the voice of the shepherd and And sometimes all that we have are his His words, right and and we we step out in faith and carry out what he has asked us to do right a Couple of scriptures here Hebrews 10 verse 17 where It's a testimony of the Lord behold I have come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do your will And again in Philippians 2 says he humbled himself and became obedient To the point of death even the death of the cross this talks about the Lord Jesus how he was obedient to the will of the father Okay, the thing is for us to know to for us to be aware Aware of the father's heart aware of the will of the father Will of God aware of the voice of the being sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit And and and to be and to be obedient obedient It's the second part of it really knowing him knowing his heart knowing his nature is the first part of it, right? So So the thing is to make obedience Both obedience and knowing him it comes as part of the same coin, right both sides of the same coin So the thing for us is to make it not an event You know In my own life, I know that there were times when I wanted a decision right it was a significant decision it was about a job change and and you know I spend time just Fasting and praying and when waiting to hear the voice of God and just wanted to make sure I didn't want to make it You know make a mistake and and God spoke God pointed out. Okay. Here are things Because of which you need to change and you need to move and and so on so It was clear, but then I realized now looking back. I realized that I had made Hearing God's voice and obeying obeying his voice an event and Not a continuum not a you know a lifestyle not an everyday thing right so to really delight in his presence to hear him and To to want to hear his opinion his choice his say in the matter Right, so let that be a continuous thing Well, the Lord has given us Mental faculty the Lord has given us our abilities To for us to he's given us his principles, right and and these are also another aspect of you know important aspect of obedience where we know this is what the Word of God says very clearly very plainly we go ahead and do it, right and We also go by the presence the principles and the presence of God where specifically God gives his reima God God's you know Quickens his word to us quickens these principles to us to our hearts and we step out and we do that Right, so being obedient being aware of the will of the father being sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit and being obedient, right as leaders, it's It's it is it's an everyday thing as as believers and Very specifically as leaders May it be an everyday thing. This is how the Lord Jesus modeled for us and and he says, you know, whatever I see the father Do I do it and the words that I speak the other words of the father, right so Pointing us or pointing us to the fact that we need to have a close walk with him. We cannot Slip up in this area, right to have a close walk with him to not compromise in this to to be to be Aware of his voice and it's a privilege. You know, it's our privilege. It is To hear his voice. It is our privilege to know the principles of God The precepts we we have it right with us. We have it before us. So maybe Engage, you know with the Word of God And not really neglect the Word of God. Okay, one of the things that we see is in Mark chapter 4 Let me just read that and then we'll move on to the next one Mark chapter Mark chapter 4 it's a parable of the soar and In my much before after he explains the parable the Lord the Lord says Verse 24 mark 4 and verse 24 take heed what you hear With the same measure you hear you use it will be measured to you and to you who hear more will be given For whoever has to him more will be given and whoever does not have even what he has will be taken away from him so Verse 24 very clearly it says take heed what you Hear and how you hear with what you hear the sense that the measure that you use Maybe a big measure Right as it depends on us So the Lord puts the owners on us, you know, you draw near and I will draw near to you Now the same the measure that you use it will measure to you So so let's go before him with a big measure and say, okay God You know, I I need that I want you. I want I want to hear I want a big measure, right? so That's something that we see and something for us to emulate and follow and then particularly about the timing of God the will of God And everything is is there for us and he has kept it for us and let's not make it an event It becomes a you know, it becomes a formula it becomes a hit or miss when we when we consider it an event of You know when we look at it as an event or a one-time thing But if we make it part of our life as a believer, you know, it's something that's a day in and day out to walk intimately with him and It's it's you know, we will be walking like Jesus. We will be providing leadership In the manner that Jesus did Okay You know and several examples of you know, not only in ministry, but also in in the workplace in the workplace in business in You know in in the you know uncharged settings like quote-unquote secular settings where People have testified and said, okay being obedient hearing the voice of God being obedient Receiving wisdom from him and being able to successfully carry it out in several situations, right, maybe some difficult very difficult situations Requiring the wisdom of God, but this one aspect of Wanting to know his will and being obedient James talks about you know Let us not be here as only but also to us now. This obedience requires faith. This obedience requires courage Many times, you know as as even as leaders, right? We Hear something here the voice of God instruction and that requires courage That requires going beyond the voice of fear rising above the voice of intimidation or anxieties and And obeying God So Yeah, so let's move on to the next one any any thoughts on this Any examples that you can share about Obeying God as maybe in a workplace Hearing the voice of God and obeying him and how that You know, maybe helped how that's all Maybe we can hear a couple of examples and then go on to the next one Anyone like to share obedience Yeah, go ahead Shreya Kumar Thank you, Pastor When I was working In my in my company I was a senior because Because I was a believer I never used to mingle with my bosses who used to go for this weekend parties and You know these all these things. So I was actually Separated from my from my officers and my teammates also because even my team team members used to go and Enjoy the weekend parties and all I was like someone who was like Was separated from their groups, but by God's grace and his wisdom my work was always appreciated and my manager always come and always ask, you know, the The seat the the the help whenever he was needed and he always found that there is a wisdom is working in me And he asked me the secret also. They always shared about the Jesus about him And But there was a time where even though I was appreciated there were so many other juniors who was so close to the managers and senior managers so and Even though my promotion was something which I was supposed to get my second promotion where Where they have actually Declared my promotion, but they have not released my paper and I was supposed to wait for six more than not six months but more than one year I was just waiting for my confirmation that run the which they have not released and I was supposed to and they have promoted someone else my junior. They promoted and it was literally Very painful thing for me and that was a time where, you know, my marriage was also fixed and it was so It was so, you know painful for me and I said God, I want to quit the job. I want to leave the job I cannot continue this here in Bangalore and because I am the first Christian in my family book there was no such support also for me and and there's so many other things were there and Then I then though as you said like the Holy Spirit continuously prompting me stay stay in the company stay in the company stay and it was very very hard for me every time when I Go to my office and that anger suddenly used to come inside me Then I put a piece of paper in front of my laptop system that you know that anger is not good I have to control my anger and I I continue with that and I work there for um and More than one year because I was just obedient to the voice of the Holy Spirit and because I was so tempted to leave the job leave the job leave the job and Fortunately, I was they They they actually put me into a very big project where which which got successfully Which was which was which was successful and then they decided for my second promotion and and they were almost they were ready with the paper and My after my appraisal and suddenly I got a dream I got a dream where I I saw that you know I saw that somebody is telling me my my manager came in my dream and said that you have to leave the company Because there is no future. So I was so wondering that why This dream coming to me when I am supposed to get my promotion and why this dream Then after a few months, uh, again, I got a similar dream where uh, you know Same dream where it says that Uh, um, the same thing that there is no future for your company leave the company Then I I I told my wife about this and she said maybe god wants you to Uh, come to the full-time ministry. I said no way. I'm not going to come to the full-time ministry Because I don't want to be in the full-time ministry Then she only suggested me. Why can't you take a 21 days of fasting? And uh, why can't you see god and the first day when The day for one itself. Um, I thought okay. I will go and uh in my church. There was a service was happening and And I was in prayer and suddenly that servant of god who was a visitor And he pointed out me and he said to me very clearly that god is god wants you to serve him now And whatever you are doing you have to leave and it was a confirmation for me And uh, then I continually pray continuously prayed and And there was they said that there was so so confusion that the promotion is ready And god's calling is there. So what it was a confusion Then my wife asked me that what you should do then what we were going to do. I said, uh, What god is telling me we should obey to god and I I Bent and I told my manager. This is the thing then he's told me that your paper is ready. You are doing a very foolish decision You are actually moving to a next level and the senior level And uh, at this point of time, you know, you are doing leaving the job is Is is something you are doing a foolish thing I was silent because I cannot say anything about jesus at that time. So I quite quickly signed the job and as he said, I know sometimes it's very hard But we have to listen to the voice of the holy spirit and I left to the job and Then I dedicated myself for the full-time ministry. Thank you. Thank you. So how many years ago was this? This last week is Nine years nine years back. Okay Thank you. Thank you for sharing that. Praise god. Yeah, so, um, yeah The fact that obedience comes, you know I mean requires Sometimes us stepping into the Not so familiar and not so comfortable and and also, you know, it's I mean, it's it's tough to explain But when we know that we know that we know that god has spoken and then we step out and do it, right? Any other example of, you know, uh, being a leader maybe in ministry or you know, maybe And leading a team where you've had to You know lean back Lean into god and his wisdom and you obey and how it turned out Any example Any experience Yeah, uh, praise the lord man. Uh, actually, um, my calling to ministry was like many many years ago While I was studying itself, um in the school itself I got a calling and I had Many of the servants of god has prophesied about full-time ministry for me. But, um I was like keen to Study further and even my father was like very keen For me to get higher studies and then I completed my mbh and Later that I continued to work in corporate world. Um, so I wasn't like I had very ups and downs in my like corporate life and In the in those 10 years like I was in very higher positions as well. Um, I was like um working in um healthcare healthcare You know company in I was posted in Kenya as a country manager as the for couple of like months and then so very highs and lows, but Though I was earning well. I I had good, you know, reputation. I had all the things which I a person wants But there was no peace. I remember a day when I was in Kenya and I was After like 12 to 14 hours of work. I came back and I was Laying in my bed and thinking about like what I'm doing with my life. Am I happy or am I supposed to do so? that time I like Stood up and and pray to god. So god talked to me about like there are great things in life Which you have to do. So, uh, I just asked god for like clear vision and clear things and so There were colleagues in the Kenya because I don't know anyone personally in Kenya, but there were many Christian Friends, uh, which god helped me to so, uh, most of them are where my colleagues So we we used to like discuss, you know versus scriptures and We used to discuss a lot. So from that day onwards like things become like changing, you know, but one more thing was that my superiors Uh, were more of them were like alcoholic and they want me to Spend time with them as most of the, you know expats do and have weekends But I want to go to church and have fellowship with the people So not only in Kenya, uh pastor, but uh in everywhere wherever I work I had this problem I had faced this problem many times because I want, you know, uh leave on sundays or Whenever the prayer meetings because I used to be in ministry for like 22 years. I was A translator. I was doing the job of a gospel translator and gospel So many times I had been called by several support to do the transition work But my bosses don't want me to have a leave there In that uh situations, I have to like take a call So many times like to obey the god So I have to take your risk. But again, it paid off and eventually Um by as the days came, uh, I had no peace like I want to do ministry, but Family responsibilities and everything was there. But soon or later god Like there were there was a meeting going on conducted and Servant from like us and and kerala came and they prophesized about me and my wife like You have been called for the ministry clearly and you have to call for full-time ministry, not for part-time So you have to dedicate yourself. This is the last call. So we were like Uh in so much of belima whether to forward or not because uh, I have I'm the elder son I and I have to take care of the family as well. But uh, somehow we, you know stuck on that So later one someday, uh, it happened From that day onwards, uh, I don't want actually the reason was like I don't want to leave my parents and go out and I can't leave separately with without them. So, uh, I was taking a step but Things, uh, you know turned away and uh, there were small disputes in the families, you know, We were like not on Good terms as these all things are happening So I was in a very, you know depressed mode and I was praying and you know seeking God and someday And one particular fine day God Talked to me clearly that I had been called you for my ministry and you are, you know Seeking other things in the world. So you won't succeed until you obey my voice So that particular day I dedicated myself and like me and my wife both dedicated ourselves for the complete ministry And we started seeking God and in his ministry full time and since that day onwards I had complete peace in my life and uh, there were many, um Situations came across in my life where I have to choose to whether to obey God or But yes by God's grace. It is very challenging when when we are in God and we have to please our bosses At the same time, please God you have to choose either either either the worldly part or the of God So many a times over the two and a half decades I had faced this problem. But yes, um Now I can say um by obeying God. Yes, it is it is a blessing and now We are like in the ministry. Thank you for this. Right. Thanks. Thank you Thank you so much. Yeah so, um So I mean, I think these were a couple of examples where the Lord asked, you know, them to move out but sometimes You know the Lord asks us to stay And and that's also, you know, uh, sometimes that's a difficult thing with where you want to move and the Lord says stay right, uh, but the fact is that As leaders, you know, as we are leading others as we are influencing others um for their good To make a difference in their lives that for us to lean into God for us to Be obedient and be willing to hear his voice on the matter. It could be about No, it could be about everything anything about maybe about the team. Maybe about the solving conflicts Uh, maybe about owning up and saying I you know, I was wrong Uh, it could be, uh, I don't know, maybe a new direction and everything we have this wonderful privilege of receiving from God and And and the thing is uh, sometimes what happens is, um, you know Maybe, you know, like a church setting or it could be a church or ministry setting or even otherwise right, uh, certain things that You know that we do we may not really include God And we're going to look at that. We're going to look at that whole aspect of planning and uh, you know, uh, Though it seems like a very natural exercise that uh, that when we include God in it that we need to actually factor in here, you know and uh, uh, go Go according to his his plan and his will so, uh, many times we exclude God from Many other activities and no, no, maybe unknowingly knowingly, you know, we exclude him The fact is that we need to include him, right? Yeah, um, Rupa, you wanted to say something Yeah, Rupa, go ahead. Rupa, you wanted to say something. You're muted. So Sir, just two minutes, sir. Thank you I We are in a very small remote place and Here in Anantapur. It's a small town a small village called Batilpalli Where my husband used to work. It's a secular setup hospital and When God called us to start a home church in that place My husband got a very good opportunity in australia Usually they don't offer such high posts in uh, other countries for indian doctors, but he would he got a very good position in australia But when we waited on the lord and prayed god clearly said don't go you have to stay here So we have we just stayed back in India and Batilpalli and it was a very tough journey and We had to move out of that place After that and it was very tough. But I I know that god's plan always not as we think The blessings and all the different people are very important to god When god wants us to make impact on people and and he has handed over certain people to us He wanted us. He wants us to stay there put Whatever may come. I think that's what we have learned And last year also, uh, my husband had to move to deli and afterwards he moved to Bangalore is in different mission hospitals now Uh, helping the mission hospital surgeries and all I never been we were never, uh, separate Read separately Wherever he went All mission hospitals always went but this time god spoke to us very clearly. I said, how can I stay here a lot? I want to Follow and go with my husband. He said If this is only for a short period, I will bring him back. You have to stay here so I had to stay back and god is working in our lives and I think sometimes even after starting the home church My our children are in three different places and Sunday only Sundays. We are allowed to meet them in hostels But it was very very rare occasion. I could not leave the New congregation and just go and meet them so that way also I I've missed being with the being is to being with the children Like that, but they understood and it was a blessing that way. Thank you pastor. Well, thank you And thank you for all the sacrifices you've made You and your husband and yeah, our prayer is that You know, we'll be back together soon. I think it should be sooner than later, you know Yeah, and I got us true to his word. So Yeah, we pray for that as well. Okay. Yeah, why don't we just pray for You know Prabhakar for Shri Kumar for Rupa either for Yeah, let's just pray asking god to You know continue to pour out a spirit upon them that they will continue to you know, be influences where god has placed them Be it, you know, I think all of them are in some form of ministry. So Yeah, we just pray for god's wisdom and god's leading and guidance, right? Let's pray. Would anybody like to pray? Okay um anyone Head see Father, we bless you. We thank you for your sons and daughter We thank you lord for what you have committed to their hands We thank you for the assignment you've given to them We thank you for your grace that has sustained them to this moment We thank you lord For it is you who is in us both to will and to do of your good pleasure You have given that to them lord We thank you because you will keep them to the end and they will finish the Assignment they will finish till the end and they will bring you glory We pray that as they stand lord in obedience to the call you've given to them Strengthen them the more and lord fortify them on all sides And lord, we pray that you will validate your call in their lives that results lord will show indeed You call them and that your name will be glorified in their ministries in the name of jesus Thank you everlasting father in jesus name. We have prayed amen Amen. Amen. Thank you say thank you Yeah, um, just one thought is that um that we will all continue to know the heart of the father Right that we will continue to know god's heart that we will continue to um to know his nature as the holy spirit reveals to us that You know in our zeal to be obedient that we will not be swayed by You know popular opinion like even in In in church or you know, uh, how should I put it like even in ministry? You know, there can be certain things that are Cultural there can be certain things that are that are popular that seems that that is the trend right And you know, it could be either thing, you know, it could be uh either in terms of Even when it comes to sacrifice that That it will not be a flesh living that it will we will know god intimately And that we would know his heart that we would know his nature to hear his voice And and we completely surrendered to to doing that Right, uh, rather than Even, you know, even in a like a church or christian Ministry kind of a setting that we would not be swayed by what is that, you know, what is the trend? Yeah, so That is something that I just wanted to share when it comes to obedience, right, um, especially, you know, like You know, all three are about church and ministry and so on but But also it is it is equally true that the lord might want us to stay You know, maybe in the company that you're working and to be a To be a voice there, right to Stay with the business that you're doing to be a voice there. I'm saying it's both are, you know From god And so it's not that one is less Important than the other Like for me personally it was to it was to move away from From working as a professional in a corporate From the corporate world and move away So for me it was that but and I know that You know that it is equally important and it is equally true that god might want us to stay where we are and be a voice there and Yeah, and like Like I was saying, you know, sometimes it's it's difficult to stay right so so may god give the strength wisdom and And maybe continue to seek his will right, but maybe continue to know him intimately So that it we will not be swayed by what we see around not by comparison And not even by what is popular church culture culture, right? I say this because from the like the from the Early church background or early I would say the the fellowship that I was part of you know for it was Like working being a voice or being You know as a working professional to be a believer to be a voice there to be to be a even an apostle or a pastor In that workplace kind of a thing was was something unheard of you know for us the greatest thing was That you know you was full-time ministry so-called full-time ministry But then began to understand that when you look at the lives of joseph and daniel and And all these wonderful people god used you see that they They worked in the courts of the king. They were in the administrative You know kind of services or civil services as we would call it and they did that and They were obedient, right? So so so me god give us an understanding and the wisdom, right? Okay, that was great. Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing guys There's quite an eye opener It's amazing the kind of sacrifices that you've made. Yeah Okay, let's let's move on to another thing which we've already seen before the fact that I think we also already did an exercise also, you know As a leader To be a servant Right, we looked at that earlier. So i'm just going to read that verse again Just to reiterate What the lord jesus said and then we'll move on Matthew 20 25 to 28 But jesus called them to himself and said you know that the rulers of the gentiles Lord it over them and those who are great exercise authority over them Yet it shall not be so among you But whoever desires to become great among you let him be your servant and whoever desires to be first among you Let him be your slave Just as the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and give his life ransom for Many, right? So we have this leadership example as a servant leader that the lord has You know Kept before us not an option But he says, you know, it shall not be so with you So May the lord give us wisdom again to you to do it in the right manner, right? So people have roles and responsibilities, especially in a formal setting in an organization That in our bid to be servant leaders Let's do that in a wise manner Right May the lord give us wisdom. Okay, so I just leave it at that And then let's move on to the next one. So as leaders we are called to sacrifice Right and it's interesting that all three shared about sacrifice You know just now. So let's look at a few scriptures Hebrews 2 10 and 11 for it was fitting for him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in Bringing many sons to glory to make the captain of their salvation Perfect to sufferings for both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one for which reason He's not ashamed to call them brethren So there was You know in that perfection There was suffering that was involved Right, there was this discomfort that was involved So we we see that Hebrews 5 Who was seven who in the days of his flesh when we had when he had offered up prayers and supplications with vehement cries and tears To him who was able to save him from death and was heard because of his godly fear Though he was a son yet he learned obedience by the things which he Suffered and having been perfected He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him of course the the suffering that the lord jesus went through was unique and You know and the nature of it was unique and Cannot be compared with any other And also we we are called to walk in his You know walk in his steps, which means that there will be you know sufferings. There will be difficulties hardships But not to the extent of what he suffered. Okay, so there is a difference, right? So As leaders We there is always this element of sacrifice You know When we look at sacrifice We see that Let me just put this out. We look at sacrifice. We see that Many times we associate sacrifice something that we give Or something that we give up Or something that we do away with Right, so maybe it's something to do with time. Maybe it's something to do with Some resources that we have So we we give up Something we give up something that we have a right to right it is not that it's It's illegal or it's it's not right And you know it is something absolutely fine, you know But we willingly give up In order to pursue Being a leader In order to fulfill our role as as leaders so We give up willingly we set aside something willingly and it so we kind of pay a cost to Following the footsteps of the lord In order to be leaders so So this aspect of giving up I think is is very very We are familiar with you know whenever we say sacrifice giving up letting go Of something it's it's we are familiar with that but sacrifice also has another aspect of it, which is to take on right To take on willingly To take on maybe a responsibility. Maybe to take on certain tasks Um, which again we we don't have to Right, we don't have to it's not thrust upon us. We don't have to And it's perfectly fine but But in order to fulfill Our call or in order to fulfill that role and responsibility as leaders We take on something willingly And now that is also uh an aspect of our leadership So when you look at sacrifice It is both something that we give up something that we let go off And also something that we take on something that we take up willingly right and and both are important and And the thing is this, you know, sometimes we I mean when it comes to sacrifice You know one person's sacrifice in one part of the world And and the call and everything that they're pursuing could be very very different from another person's sacrifice Right. So there's no need to compare And say oh, this sacrifice is greater and definitely, you know natural in the in the natural realm And when we when we when we reason it out, it seems that way. There's a high price. It's a high call but Uh, there's no need to compare and say Hey, this is this is better or this is greater. This is higher Right. Um, it is a sacrifice, right? Um, okay, so we'll stop here. We'll take a break And then we'll we'll come back to continue