Leaders Convene for God’s Glory!

1 Chronicles 13

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, September 8.

While leaders provide clear direction, they cannot accomplish the task without the people buying into the vision and applying themselves to the task. That is what the Chronicler was emphasizing in 1 Chronicles 13:1-4:

Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader. David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.” Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

He was retelling an important story from David’s kingship, an action that, according to the Chronicler, set him apart from Saul’s leadership – the retrieval of the ark (2 Samuel 6:1-11). In doing so, David modeled for his people, and us today, an effective decision-making process for bringing about a God-sized vision:

Leaders want to do great things, and while that is good, it can also be dangerous if there is not a process that invites all parties involved to seek the Lord’s will together. Leaders should not run ahead of their people, just like people should not stonewall their leaders. We are all members of the one body of Christ seeking to fulfill God’s will by each of us doing our own part, as given to us by the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:4-8; Ephesians 4:11-16).

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