The Burden of Leadership
A peep into the journey of Moses in life teaches us some leadership lessons that should motivate us into praying for divine assistance. He was born a goodly child, raised in the palace in all the wisdom and royalty that Egypt could afford at that time. But he succumbed to pressure under the burden of leadership by the vision of the affliction of his people that stood toweringly before him at that time. When God came back to Moses in exile to re-address the need for him to bear the burden of leading Israel into freedom, Moses resisted it.
We need divine
assistance to select our team and keep them in the journey of leadership. When God
gives us opportunity to step into the saddle of leadership, He alone knows the
big picture and all that it will take to accomplish His mission. We must honour
Him by allowing Him to guide the choices of people who will work with us to
serve in His vineyard.
It goes
without saying that when we pray, God’s Holy Spirit will give birth to a
vision, create a passion for our mission, as well as control our appetite to
ensure that we do not break down in the long journey of our leadership assignment
like Elijah. Leaders who take time to pray rarely experience burn out in
ministry.
Leadership assignment
positions us before God as we stand alone to receive our commission, as we
stand along with our team for our manifestation and as we trust Him to drive
the ship of our commission from one level to the other. All these three were
practiced by the Lord Jesus Christ and Paul the Apostle. Whenever and wherever
these prayer postures are maintained success will be guaranteed. Anywhere brethren
stand together in the spirit of prayer, there God sends His blessing to drive
them together to accomplish exploits (Psalm 133; Acts 6:1-7; Dan.2:16-19).
Spiritual leadership
is not something to jump at, even though it is advisable. As we follow Moses
from Midian Desert where he first received his call to Mount Pisgah where he
ended his leadership career, we learn the lesson that drives us to our knees
whenever we are confronted with our calling as leaders. It goes without saying
that when we pray, God’s Holy Spirit will give birth to a vision, create a
passion for our mission, as well as control our appetite to ensure that we do
not break down in the long journey of our leadership assignment like Elijah. Leaders
who take time to pray rarely experience burn out in the ministry.
Leaders must pray
for mercy to be at home with their mission. Left alone we all want to go along
the easy way and the task of leadership sometimes could be nasty. We need the
mercy of God so as not to miss the mark before God or run short of favour
before men.we need mercy when predators sneak or rush in to plunder our
goodwill and turn the table of unity, coherence, achievement, etc against us. People
of destiny need to swim daily in the ocean of mercy. 2Cor.4:1-13.
To be continued
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