A Leadership Insight from Vision Multiplier International https://visionmultiplierllc.com/
I was reflecting on these scriptures this morning and the thought of how we, the leaders, need to find ways to comfort the people when tragedy strikes. We have to be full of the holy spirit, rich with empathy and prayerfully reassuring to people at their darkest point. That is LOVE based leadership.
As leaders, it is vital that we recognize when people are hurting as did the Lord:
“Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are gone.” [Matt 2:18]”
Jeremiah 31:15 AMP
Selah
Though we experience constant change and the associated emotions of loss, we can still find rest in and reliance on Christ who has been touched by the feelings of our infirmities:
“That which has been is that which will be [again], And that which has been done is that which will be done again. So there is nothing new under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 1:9 AMP
““I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].” [Is 9:6]”
Revelation 1:8 AMP
Amen
We must guide ourselves and others to places of shelter during the storms:
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”
- For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
- He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
- And under His wings you will find refuge;
- His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
You will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.
A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But danger will not come near you.” Psalms 91:1-7 AMP
“Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.”
Psalms 23:4 AMP
Amen
In closing, let us be encouraged as we do “the work” of comforting Gods people in this season:
“Therefore if there is any encouragement and comfort in Christ [as there certainly is in abundance], if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship [that we share] in the Spirit, if [there is] any [great depth of] affection and compassion,
make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love [toward one another], knit together in spirit, intent on one purpose [and living a life that reflects your faith and spreads the gospel—the good news regarding salvation through faith in Christ].”
Philippians 2:1-2 AMP
“May his name be praised, now and forever. From the east to the west praise the name of the Lord!”
Psalm 113:2-3 GNT
Be Blessed!
Be a Blessing!
“Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping.
Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are gone.” [Matt 2:18]
Thus says the Lord, “Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears, For your work will be rewarded,” says the Lord; “
And your children will return from the enemy’s land.
“There is [confident] hope for your future,” says the Lord; “Your children will come back to their own country.
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.
‘After I turned away [from You], I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse];
I was ashamed and even humiliated Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’
“Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling and beloved child? For as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him.
Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him; I will surely have mercy on him,” says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 31:15-20 AMP
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