What do you do when tragedy strikes or something bad happens? Some people get angry and turn on God. Others mope. Some just become apathetic. We are all Christian leaders in some facet of our lives, because we should all be leading people to Christ, so what should leaders do?
Moses was a leader who suffered the worst of setbacks: everything he'd worked to see in the Promised Land was denied him. After so many years and so much heartache, his goal was given to others, but he knew that he would never get to see it. Do you know what he did? In the face of it all, he stood tall and encouraged the next leader, saying to Joshua,
"‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so the Lord shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you.’ (Deut 3:21-22) When we're going through the darkest times in our lives, we can shine the brightest by reacting so very differently than the world would. Let's let Christ shine from us!
"For the entire Law is fulfilled in in this one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."—Gal 5:14