PRAYER MOMENT

Tuesday 13 August 2013

BE STRONG, STAND FIRM

Pause. Be still in the presence of God.

Reading. “Be strong, stand firm: you are going with this people into the land the Lord swore to their fathers he would give them. … The Lord himself will lead you; he will be with you; he will not fail you or desert you.” (Deut 31:1-8)

Reflection. Leadership, any kind of leadership – of a family, a business, a school or a country – is an exciting and a frightening thing. Just imagine being Joshua, called to lead the people across the Jordan! To be a leader, according to John chapter 10, is to lead the people into green pastures and to lay down one’s life that they have security, A leader is tempted to be a maintenance manager, just keeping things going, where as his/her true calling is to lead the way into growth. Deng Xiaopeng, the Chinese leader who followed Mao, was asked how he had succeeded in transforming China: “Well, I did not know whether we would succeed or not. I just crossed the river by feeling the stones.”

Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach me to set out across the river, to be awake to opportunities to to stretch myself and help others to do the same. You desire that we increase our capacity for the life you want to share with us. Amen