WHAT COULD BE LEARNT FROM MOSES' LEADERSHIP PATTERN
15 AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, “WHY DO YOU CRY TO ME? TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO GO FORWARD.
16 BUT LIFT UP YOUR ROD, AND STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND OVER THE SEA AND DIVIDE IT. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea."
Exodus 14:15,16 (NKJV)
When the Israelites saw pharaoh and his armies pursuing them and would not know what to do, they started complaining and murmuring, telling Moses that they had told him not to take them out of Egypt (Exodus 14:11,12).
Moses by faith told them that the Egyptians they saw that day, they would never see them again, and the LORD will fight for them and they will hold their peace (Exodus 14:13,14).
Meanwhile, Moses had to cry to God for help: "AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, “WHY DO YOU CRY TO ME? TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO GO FORWARD" (Exodus 14:15 NKJV).
A ministry leader should always take the problems of the people to God. Ministry work is not done by human ideas or logics, but through the words that proceed from the mouth of God—the instructions given by God (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4).
While Moses was telling them to stand still and see the salvation of God (Exodus 14:13), God told him to tell them, the Israelites, to move forward. And God also gave an instruction to Moses on what to do, to lift up his rod and stretch his hands over the sea and divide it (Exodus 14:16).
The instructions on what to do came when Moses cried out to God. When you sincerely called on God as a leader of His people, He will hear you, except If He has not called you. If you are truly called by God and you are doing what He instructed you to do, He will listen to you when you cry to Him on behalf of His people who He put under your leadership.
Since you cannot use your brain to proffer solutions to the problems of the people, you have no choice than taking the matter to God for His direction on what to do. This is the reason why there should be a special tie between God, the Sender, and the sent, whoever is assigned or sent on an assignment (John 5:19,30; 10:30).
Your intimacy or closeness with God is the foundation of success in the ministry work. Ministry work is not done with human efforts but with God's enablement and ability.
If a minister failed in his or her private time with God, such a minister cannot but fail in their public ministry. Thus, be serious with your communion and fellowship with God. Whatever is not settled or resolved in your private time with God might not be a success in the physical.
Note: even if you are not a minister yet, build a strong fellowship or communion with God where issues bothering your heart could be settled or resolved with Him. Meet with God at the early hours of the day to commune and fellowship with Him through His Word.
You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace.
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