Reflect
Jeremiah 5:3-6 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
You struck them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them but they refused correction.
They made their faces harder than stone
and refused to repent.
[4] I thought, "These are only the poor;
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
[5] So I will go to the leaders
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God."
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.
[6] Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.
Jeremiah had found that the covenant between God and his people had completely broken down. Just about everyone had turned away from God, from the lowliest to the mightiest. It seems that Jeremiah found that ordinary people had abandoned God, but took hope in the belief that the rulers of the nation would know better. After all our leaders should be people who point the way towards God. But not here – it seems that the nation’s leaders are just as involved in the backsliding as the ordinary people. Maybe, even, because they are leaders they have in fact set the tone….
Attitude reflects leadership. If a group is motivated, loving and hardworking for each other, then it is probably because the leaders are. If they are grumpy, self-centred and lazy then look at what the leaders of that group are doing.
Therefore we have to look at leadership as a great responsibility, and pray for our leaders – after all, the Bible tells us that one ay they will have to give an account for how they led us. And we should also be people who look to making their task a joy, by serving those who are called out to lead us. Leaders, through their words and deeds should point people towards God. They need to be living in a constant relationship with him. Pray today that your leaders become people that you will follow….
You struck them, but they felt no pain;
you crushed them but they refused correction.
They made their faces harder than stone
and refused to repent.
[4] I thought, "These are only the poor;
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
[5] So I will go to the leaders
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God."
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.
[6] Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.
Jeremiah had found that the covenant between God and his people had completely broken down. Just about everyone had turned away from God, from the lowliest to the mightiest. It seems that Jeremiah found that ordinary people had abandoned God, but took hope in the belief that the rulers of the nation would know better. After all our leaders should be people who point the way towards God. But not here – it seems that the nation’s leaders are just as involved in the backsliding as the ordinary people. Maybe, even, because they are leaders they have in fact set the tone….
Attitude reflects leadership. If a group is motivated, loving and hardworking for each other, then it is probably because the leaders are. If they are grumpy, self-centred and lazy then look at what the leaders of that group are doing.
Therefore we have to look at leadership as a great responsibility, and pray for our leaders – after all, the Bible tells us that one ay they will have to give an account for how they led us. And we should also be people who look to making their task a joy, by serving those who are called out to lead us. Leaders, through their words and deeds should point people towards God. They need to be living in a constant relationship with him. Pray today that your leaders become people that you will follow….
posted by Gordon at
7:20 am
1 Comments:
"the Bible tells us that one ay" spot the spelling mistake?
- Continual prayer for the leaders is always on my list of prayers.
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