Could New Leadership be Required? - March 30

Today’s Scripture: Exod. 4:10–20(21–26)27–31; 1 Cor. 14:1–19; Mark 9:30–41

Moses says, ‘O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.’ Moses is suspect of God that he probably shouldn’t be leading God’s people. What he doesn’t yet realize is that life for his people is about to change. They will go from living under the rule of Pharaoh, to standing up to Pharaoh, to wandering in the desert in a whole new way of life. It is a fundamental paradox change and they will have to live differently for 40 years before they can resettle in the Promise Land.

I am struck that one consideration might be that Moses is suspect because he doesn’t understand yet how his own capabilities might be assets in this new way of life. Maybe, what his people required in the form of leadership has been different up unto this point. And Moses doesn’t yet see how he might be used by God in this moment.

Today, I am wondering, how the voices of leadership might change, or be changing, in this current paradoxical shift. Maybe it the voice of young children teaching parents and grandparents about technology, or the voice of a teenager leading the charge on Twitter, or people who are shy finding ways of claiming their public voice online. Maybe God is calling you to lead in following the Way of Love with passions and gifts you have yet to realize in a new way! What could God be up to at this moment and speaking to all us through the story of Moses?

- John+

Questions for Reflection

  • What are the parts of you that you have considered hindrances in leadership?

  • Is it possible in our own cultural shift, that you might be able to offer your gifts in a new way?

Daily Challenge

  • Write something reflective to share on social media or through a blogpost as a way of claiming your voice.

John Burruss