NIV 365 / Leaders

The NIV 365-Day Devotional Reading Plan

Day 266 of 365 One function of leaders in Old Testament times was to help settle disagreements. These leaders needed to be wise and discerning as they heard both sides of a story, sorted through details, then determined a fair and impartial solution. Their God-given objective was to give the little people the same kind of hearing they gave to the rich and powerful. What about leaders today? Good leaders in business, government and education must be able to see the core of an issue, be open to all points of view until all the evidence is in and be utterly fair and unbiased. But notice that in many who wield power in our day, the spiritual dimension is lacking. Ultimately, all leaders answer to God, not just to those whom they lead. Think of how much better the government and marketplace would function if men and women would recognize that they are accountable to an all-seeing, impartial God who will someday do a performance evaluation of them! Taken from NIV The Journey Bible Deuteronomy 1:15-17 Deuteronomy 1:15-17 KJV 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.