Thursday, May 11, 2006

Nehemiah and Your Family Leadership

John Maxwell in his leadership books shares an important principle: "as go the leaders, so go the followers."

This is brought home through understanding what took place in the life of Nehemiah. After a time away from Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to find his countrymen breaking God's laws by violating the Sabbath, intermarrying with foreigners, harboring God's enemies in the Temple complex. These same people had voluntarily entered into a covenant with God just a few years earlier not to intermarry and to keep the Sabbath holy (Neh. 9:6-10:39)! There were men in Judah at that time who knew the Law of God, but failed to lead. Nehemiah seemed to be the one man with clear vision and the moral courage to confront the sin of his people and lead them to do what was right (Neh. 13).

Men, will we be Nehemiah's and lead the people under our care to obey and serve God?

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