\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is no doubt about it, some people are natural leaders while others prefer to just follow someone else. Perhaps they don\u2019t have the self confidence to take the lead, or perhaps they just can\u2019t be bothered making the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do we know we can be a leader if we aren\u2019t sure about these things? The quickest way is to turn around and see if there is anyone following you! We might feel that we aren\u2019t important enough or have anything to offer\u2026.but, what is that in your hand? Moses had every excuse under the sun when God accosted him out in the desert and told him to go and tell the king of Egypt to let His people go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow can I do that? I\u2019m not important enough,\u201d was his first excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he said, \u201cThe people won\u2019t listen to me. What do I tell them when they ask whose idea this is?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God was very patient with Moses, and He said, \u201cLook, I will be with you. Just tell the people that \u2018I AM\u2019 has sent you; the One Who spoke to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob years ago. That is My Name. When you tell them that, they will listen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut what if they don\u2019t?\u201d Moses persisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is that in your hand?\u201d God asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moses looked at his shepherd\u2019s stick, and said, \u201cIt\u2019s my rod.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThrow it down on the ground,\u201d God said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So he did, and immediately it became a wriggling snake, and Moses hastily got away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow pick it up by its tail,\u201d God said, and as Moses reached out his hand and grabbed it, suddenly he found he had his stick back! Twice more, God had to show Moses the miraculous things that would happen when he did what he was told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he still hung back. \u201cI can\u2019t talk well enough\u201d, was his next excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s patience started to wear thin. \u201cWho made your mouth?\u201d He demanded. \u201cVery well, I know your brother Aaron is a good talker. He is coming to meet you now. Take him with you, and he can do your talking for you and you will tell him from Me what he is to say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moses finally agreed, and did as God had told him, and became one of the greatest leaders there has ever been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can see several things from this story that can apply to us. Firstly, we may think we are only an unimportant person, but if God is calling us to do something for Him, He will give us the strength. Not only that, but He will be with us as we make a start, and will give us others to support us in the task that He wants us to do. That is on God\u2019s side. On the other hand, we have to respond on our side. We have to be willing to hear His voice and obey what He is saying to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we make the first move, God will step in and open up the doors for us. All we have to do is to use what we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps you feel you are only a mother with little children, and ask what you could possibly do. Well, you have the most important job in the world, that of shaping the attitudes and manners of the little ones in your charge. All too soon they will grow up and be gone. Be a worthy leader under God\u2019s direction, of your home and family, and He will bless you in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is no doubt about it, some people are natural leaders while others prefer to just follow someone else. Perhaps they don\u2019t have the self confidence to take the lead, or perhaps they just can\u2019t be bothered making the effort. How do we know we can be a leader if we aren\u2019t sure … Continue reading Are you a Leader?<\/span>