Open Heaven 20 September 2020:
[Sunday] – Becoming An Exemplary Leader IV
BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER IV – Sunday
September 20th 2020
Memorise: And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they
have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be
restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Genesis 11:6
Read: Genesis 11:1-8 (KJV)
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and
of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men builded.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from
them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech.
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the
earth: and they left off to build the city.
Bible in one year: Zechariah 1-7, Hymn: Sing hymn 18
Message:-
A great leader must be able to foster unity
amongst his/her followers.
Open Heaven 20 September 2020 – Becoming An Exemplary Leader IV
Unfortunately, many leaders fall short of this and
it limits the achievement of their goals. In today’s memory verse, God said “The people is one.” Grammarians could
argue that after ‘people’, ‘are’ should follow, but God used ‘is’ to show how unified
the people were.
This unity would have made them achieve their
goals if God had not intervened (Genesis 11:6).
Open Heaven 20 September 2020: [Sunday] – Becoming An Exemplary Leader IV
What then is that vision of yours that looks
impossible to achieve? Rest assured that if you have a united team working on
it, you can pull it off. Jesus’ earthly ministry only lasted three years, yet
thousands of years after, His gospel is still spreading like wildfire. This is
as a result of the Holy Ghost in our midst, who did not come down until the
Apostles were in one accord (Acts 2:1-3). The Holy Ghost leveraged their unity
to spread the gospel.
To foster unity amongst your followers, don’t
give any room for gossiping or backbiting. If you do, it can cost you your
vision.
Also, you cannot afford to show you have a
favourite follower. Even though John was Jesus’ favourite amongst His
disciples, He was careful not to ever mention it. Jesus had refused to answer a
question that others asked Him, but He could not refused John, so He answered
with an analogy, so as not to raise eyebrows in John 13:25-26:
Open Heaven 20 September 2020 Sunday: Key Point
“He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto
him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop,
when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon.”
Finally, unity is fostered by humility. When
the system is just and everyone is working to achieve the same goal, there will
be progress. Remember, the Lord said: a kingdom divided against itself shall
not stand (Mark 3:24)
Key Point
If you can ensure unity amongst your followers, there will be no
point too high for you to reach.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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