God’s leader cares for the people and their situation. Nehemiah listened and came to see the need (1:1-4). Nehemiah understands his leadership as a calling from God (Nehemiah 2:12b). Leaders must hear God’s calling to lead and respond to that call. Below are some lessons we might learn from Nehemiah’s leadership example. Yet, Nehemiah and the people persevered faithfully, though not perfectly. Divisions and hard feelings, combined with outside opposition, made faithfulness very difficult. The gifts of all were required to achieve the vision. While Nehemiah was the leader who first articulated the vision, the people confirmed the vision and committed themselves to the task. Only such a vision is worthy of leadership. It must be a God-inspired and God-revealed vision. He understood that a true vision must come from God. Nehemiah was always asking God to provide a vision for him. Despite obstacles and opposition, he discerns a challenging vision and leads the people in accomplishing it. Upon learning of the distress of his people, Nehemiah receives permission from the king he was serving to go help them.
The prophet Nehemiah provides modern day leaders a wonderful model of leadership. Nehemiah defined the reality of the situation, named a vision, and then engaged the people to accomplish it. Weems, Jr., sees a compelling example of how a leader should function.
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