Thursday, February 25, 2010
Exodus - Leadership
It never occurred to me how much the story of Moses is about the trials and tribulations of leadership. At first, Moses is unprepared for the job and doubts his abilities. He can only do it if his older brother comes along with him. Moses doubts not only his own abilities but the wisdom of God's plan. But slowly he gains confidence and soon he's doing a lot of things by himself. He speaks with greater authority and conviction and begins to trust God a bit more. In chapter 18, things are going so well that everyone wants to come to him for help and he experiences... that most 21st century kind of thing - stress! So he has to learn to delegate authority. You can almost feel the strain of leadership within Moses at times. What a great story.
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I so agree!! I use Exodus and the trials of Moses when I work with supervisors and leaders. Seems like we DO have a model for leading others. I love when he learns to delegate and begins to trust others to do part of the job. Of course, first, he had to listen to the wisdom of Jethro. And isn't it amazing that sometimes even our right hand people (like Aaron) make mistakes - and many times that person is us! And yet, Moses doesn't give up (although he wants to plenty of times!) How times have changed ... or not.
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