Seize the Moment – Day 916

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19
Sep '22

Seize the Moment – Day 916

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

19
Sep '22

It Takes More Than a Leader!

1 Chronicles 20

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, September 19.

 

It takes more than a leader to complete a job!

 

While the Chronicler doesn’t directly reference David’s sin with Bathsheba, he alludes to it in 1 Chronicles 20:1,
 
“Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it” (cf. 2 Samuel 11:1).
 
He was emphasizing that the success of the kingdom did not rest on one leader’s shoulders alone. As a commentator wrote about this chapter, “There is more than a hint here that plurality in leadership among God’s people is essential, if only to make up for the deficiencies of others (cf. Eph. 4:11–13; Acts 13:1–3; Phil. 1:1).”[1]

 

David had his part to play, but so did other people. Verses 4-8 describes how three different warriors defeated three giants. Previously, only David could do that! We learn that even though a leader may fall, others will arise to win the victories, which, in this case, was to defeat the giants in the land. This was a message of hope, and a call for a unified national effort to rebuild Jerusalem – to face the giants of today. While the postexilic Israelites did have great leaders like Ezra and Nehemiah, it would take all the people working together to complete the job.

 

Seize the moment and use what the Holy Spirit has given you for the building up of the body of Christ for “the common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7). While God has given us leaders, each of us has an essential part to play to complete the mission (1 Corinthians 12:12-27).
 

God bless you!

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FOOTNOTES:

 

[1] Martin J. Selman, 1 Chronicles: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 10, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 205.

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