February 10

Here are my thoughts on todays reading:

You have got to be out of your mind to be a leader!!!  In anything, whether it's ministry, politics or any life circumstance, to be a leader is extremely difficult.  Moses was definitely a great leader then,  and still is admired by others (like me) on his leadership skills.  He lead a whole nation of people --with the help of God-- out of slavery.  Even though Moses  was a great leader, even he had his moments where he failed, and we see that in today's passage.  The pride that takes over us when we are good leaders and forget that it's a God given skill and not a man made skill.  "Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?".  

Here's one of thing i've noticed in life; When things are going well, we forget about God.  Moses started to feel important and very much irreplaceable.  Truth is, when we have God we don't need anything else.  At that moment Moses probably thought, these people need ME and GOD.  WRONG!  You only need God and we must always try to keep a humble attitude and give God the glory instead of ourselves. 

Leadership is just a tough place to be in.  I wish the bible could re-enact what Moses must have been thinking through all this because he goes from bad to worse.  First he failed to follow instructions, then he became prideful, he gets rejected from the promise land and last he loses Aaron.  Aaron, if you remember, was Moses' voice.  When God came to Moses he didn't want to due the work of God because of the lack of confidence he had in himself due to his speech.  Now Aaron is gone and all these things happened to Moses.  All of this HAD to of taken a toll on Moses, but he still has to remain faithful to God and lead these people as he is called to do.  Leadership is a very tough place to be in.  Do you think if God wasn't in the picture Moses would have been mentally stable? ... I doubt it.  With God anything is possible, however, that does not mean it will be easy!!

How nice is it to know that no matter how bad thing go, God is in control!!!  

Last thought:  

How neat is it to know that Moses kept a journal on everything that he saw happening during the Exodus, and it's still being used!!  God is always in control and he has a plan!

I hope my thoughts make sense!!  They are only thoughts that come into mind as i read the word.  I hope you enjoy them and they are of some benefit to you!