Day: May 25, 2024

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 Leaders Require a Large Heart to Forgive God punished Miriam for speaking against Moses, yet Moses cried to God on her behalf saying, “heal her now, O God, I beesech thee.” She had offended him, but he prayed for her. He was able to pray for her because he had forgiven…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 No Leader Delights in the Suffering of His Followers Miriam and Aaron sinned against Moses when they spoke against him. God rebuked them verbally and left Miriam covered in leprosy. When Aaron saw this, he turned to Moses and pleaded for mercy for Miriam. Moses was the offended party and he…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 Deal With Offenders Quickly and Without Delay We learn a very important lesson from the way God handled Miriam and Aaron when they spoke against Moses. God is the ultimate leader and our perfect example. When He heard Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses, He came down quickly to rebuke them….

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 Don’t Compare Yourself with the Leader Miriam and Aaron, like many followers, tried to compare themselves with Moses. They said, “Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath He not spoken also by us?” This was a big mistake. In response, God said to them; “If there be a prophet…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 Leaders Need Prayers Moses was a great man but like many leaders, he was far from perfect. Miriam and Aaron, like many followers, took it upon themselves to point out his error in marrying an Ethiopian woman. They spoke to one another about their leader’s fault but never spoke to God,…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:1-10 Even Great Leaders Have Flaws Moses was a great man and had accomplished great feats, especially in Egypt but he was far from perfect and those who followed him knew this. One day Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he had married an Ethiopian. Interestingly, when God heard it, He…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 12:3 Meekness is a Requirement for Great Leadership Moses led a mixed multitude of three million people out of Egypt. That is three million murmuring and complaining people who were ungrateful and unmindful of his personal sacrifice. How did he achieve it? The Bible says, “Now the man Moses was very meek,…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 11:24-29 Secure Leaders are Happy When Others are Empowered In a bid to lighten the load that Moses carried, God said, “Gather unto me seventy of the elders….and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 11:4-17 When the Burden is Shared the Load is Lighter When the children of Israel complained one more time, a weary Moses said to God, “Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? And wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?…

Scripture Passage: Numbers 11:4-15 Even Great Leaders Become Weary Once again, the children of Israel complained; this time, not only was the anger of the Lord kindled, Moses too was displeased and said the God, “Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? And wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the…

Scripture Passage: Matthew 15:1-14 Pride Destroys the Leader’s Potential On a certain day, some members of the Pharisees and Sadducees approached Jesus wanting to know why His disciples ate with unwashed hands. These leaders were hypocrites but as Jesus tried to tell them the truth, they got offended. The major reason for their offence was…

Scripture Passage: Matthew 15:1-14 Blind Leaders Attract Blind Followers Jesus was unarguably the greatest leader that ever lived; therefore, it is wisdom to pay rapt attention to anything He says about leadership. Once, the Pharisees and Scribes became offended as Jesus challenged their hypocritical behaviour. When Jesus’ disciples pointed this out, He said, “Let them…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1-5 A Leader’s Character is Revealed Amid a Crisis When Moses received the vision to set free Israel from Egypt, Aaron was a major part of that vision, so it is safe to say he was a leader alongside Moses. Every time that Moses appeared before Pharaoh to say the famous four…

Scripture Passage: Matthew 15:1-14 Leaders Who Refuse to Learn Will Remain Blind The Pharisees and Scribes once came to Jesus wanting to know why His disciples ate with unwashed hands. They came seeking knowledge, or so it seemed, but when Jesus tried to teach them they got offended and refused to learn because, in teaching…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:19-28 Leaders Must Make Tough Decisions Moses was wroth as he descended from the mountain and saw the golden calf. In anger, he burnt it with fire, ground it to power and put it upon the water for the children of Israel to drink. That wasn’t all; he realised that to prevent…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1-19 When Angry Do Nothing Moses was on the mountain for forty days receiving the law from the Lord. This law, God wrote on two tables of stone. The Bible says, “And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, grave upon the table.” However,…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:15-24 Weak Leaders Pass the Buck When Moses came down from the mount and saw the golden calf, he was very angry and destroyed it. Then he turned to Aaron and said, “What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?” Aaron turned around and…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1-14 Good Leaders are Selfless As the children of Israel journeyed through the wilderness, several times, they angered the Lord and He would have destroyed them and made Moses a great nation. One such instance was the worship of the golden calf. God said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1-14 A Good Leader Intercedes for the People As the children of Israel worshipped before the golden calf Aaron had made, God got angry and said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1-7 When the Leader is Away the People Go Astray When Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the children of Israel approached Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 32:1 People Will Always Need Leaders to Go Before Them Moses was up on the mountain receiving the laws from God and when the children of Israel saw that he delayed in coming down they approached Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 24:12 It is the Leader’s Responsibility to Teach the Laws After God had written the Ten Commandments, He said unto Moses, “Come up to me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:1-17 The Team that Will Succeed Must Be Guided By Laws As the children of Israel began to journey towards the land of promise, a set of laws, known as the Ten Commandments, were handed to them by God through their leader, Moses. I have heard it said that where there is…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 18:1-25 Effective Leadership Requires Flexibility When Jethro visited Moses in the wilderness, he observed that Moses singlehandedly judged the entire congregation of Israel, judging all matters great and small, from morning until evening. Jethro thought a change was required. He advised Moses to appoint other judges who would judge smaller matters and…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 18:1-25 You Can’t Do It All Alone Moses had an unexpected visit from his father-in-law, Jethro while in the wilderness.  During this visit, Jethro observed that Moses alone sat in judgment over the entire congregation of Israel, judging all matters great and small, from morning until evening. Jethro advised him to appoint…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 18:1-25 A Good Leader is Open to Ideas As Moses and the children of Israel journeyed through the wilderness, he had a visit from his father-in-law, Jethro.  During this visit, Jethro observed that Moses alone sat in judgment over the entire congregation of Israel, judging all matters great and small, from morning…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 16:11-20 Not Everyone Will Hearken to the Leader Every Time When the children of Israel complained of hunger, God told Moses that He would send them food; flesh in the evening and bread in the morning. They were instructed to take only what they could eat and not leave any of it…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 16:1-9 The Vision is Quickly Forgotten Amid Challenges When faced with challenges, people are usually quick to forget the vision. Moses had a vision; it was to free Israel from Egyptian bondage and lead them to a land flowing with milk and honey. The people received the vision with gladness and in…

Scripture Passage: Exodus 15:1-25 When Faced With Challenges, People Usually Forget the Leader’s Victories Moses and the people of Israel had just had a major victory. Moses had led them through a parted Red Sea and Pharaoh trying to chase them through the parted sea had drowned. Pharaoh, their main opposition and hindrance to the…