Mark 10:32b-34
As Jesus leads His disciples toward Jerusalem, He pulls them aside—not to spare them, but to prepare them.
He doesn’t sugarcoat the reality of what’s coming. He speaks plainly: betrayal, mocking, suffering, death.
But He also declares what the enemy can’t stop:
“Three days later He will rise from the dead.”
This is what godly leadership looks like.
It’s not about shielding others from the hard truth—it’s about telling it with love, with clarity, and with hope.
I’ve felt this in my own life—the moments when God has gently, or sometimes forcefully, pulled me aside. Not to punish. Not to shame. But to prepare. To speak truth into places I would rather avoid.
And it’s always the same question:
Will I listen? Will I allow Him to show me what’s real?
The abundant life I’m chasing—the one I know I’m called to live—cannot exist without a ruthless commitment to truth.
It’s the very thing we lost back in the garden when shame first taught us to hide. But Jesus calls us back out of hiding. He calls us to face the reality of our own hearts, our fears, our wounds… and to trust that on the other side of every death, there is resurrection.
Because following Jesus doesn’t mean avoiding the hard things. It means walking straight into them—knowing that He has already gone before us.
The parts of our lives that feel too broken, the dreams that feel dead, the fears that still try to lead—none of it is beyond His reach.
But here’s the thing: We cannot step into power apart from connection.
The path forward is only revealed when we stay close enough to hear His voice.
The question we each need to ask:
Will I let Him take me aside?
Will I listen?
And will I rise with Him, even when the path feels uncertain?
The way forward is clear.
It begins with truth.
And it ends with freedom.
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