In 2 Chronicles, we hear again Solomon's Prayer: "Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people...." Now, that's wisdom. To recognize one's humanity and to ask God to grant you the discernment to know how to move forward, how to be with people, according to God's will. As leaders (and as Christians, we are all leaders to some extent...even if our leading is simply by what we do and say), this is our prayer: God help me to do what you would have me do. May pleasing you, God, be my priority.
That's what the 12th chapter of Romans is all about: how to be a people, a community, who pleases God. This chapter spells out what I call the cross-shaped life. We are called to be cross-shaped individuals who live in cross-shaped communities that transform the world around them, agents of God's Kingdom.
"I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12: 1)
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