March 19, 2020 Baptist Church Seek Daily Devotional :- THE DANGER OF BAD LEADERSHIP
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SEEK DAILY (NBC)
Thursday, March 19
THE DANGER OF BAD LEADERSHIP
Bible Text: Micah 3:5-8
RBT Passage: Judges 17-19
“This is what the LORD says: ‘As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them” – Micah 3:5, NIV
Leadership is God’s method of winning battles, solving problems and meeting needs. No nation or a group of people can achieve anything tangible in the sight of God without an effective leadership. If God is angry with any people, He may allow bad leaders to arise, functioning as an instrument of punishment for the people. If God is pleased with a people, He will give them a correct leader who will serve and sacrifice all he has to bless the people. Indeed, the only difference between one generation and another is leadership.
Like many other prophets in the Old Testament, Micah rose up to speak against the wrong behaviour of the people of Judah. He particularly confronted the leaders, especially the religious leaders. He fingered them to be the main cause of the people’s moral calamities. These leaders such as prophets, had passion only for what they would eat. They prophesied lies in order to cool down their conscience as people slide down into errors. They indirectly led the people astray.
We have them in our midst today. They are at all levels of daily endeavour. Bad leadership is a shortcut to calamities. Avoid bad leaders and prepare yourself to be a good leader in your generation.
Insight: A bad leader even in a family will limit the progress of others.
Prayer: Help me O God to lead others rightly wherever I find myself
THURSDAY 19TH MARCH 2020
Pray With This: LORD I pray today that wherever I find myself please don’t let me be an instrument of punishment against Your people but make me an example of godly character and godly living. No matter what the economy situation of the world is, please make a way for me in it in the name of Jesus Christ. Let my light shine brightly this year and beyond and let me be a lamp for others around me in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prayer Focus for Today: We lift up our hearts and our eyes unto the hills of the LORD, please send help to us quickly as a nation. Please avert the pestilence and plague from us O LORD. We lack any weapon of warfare to combat the disease, please LORD, show forth for us and still the storm in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.