Nehemiah; my ideal leader
There are many characters in the Bible, whose stories has been a sources of excitement and inspiration to me since very young. One among them is Nehemiah. However, I he was not my hero while I am teenage for various reason. One of the many reasons was he wants to do a heavy work. It was not a fancy idea to work hard the way Nehemiah worked for a teenage like me. Though I was not that lazy! Yet, the idea of working was something like imposing those times. May be I am looking from the workers point of view not from the engineer point of view (thinking more on hard manual labor). But as I grew up to be a man and putting aside my childish part of me, I realized how Nehemiah must have felt when he was leading the people in rebuilding the ruined city.
I am very much impressed by his leadership role, his courage to speak to the king what was in his heart. It must be like one from the poor country got job at White House and wanting to go back to his/her homeland, where villages are wash away or blown away by the military or civil war. Certainly, Nehemiah must have good life in the foreign land. It must be not that easy to leave good job to return home.
Nehemiah set an example for many future leaders. He was a real leader, who considered his land more than his comforts. If I am thinking about myself and my immediate family or going little further – say relatives, I would comfortably seek job in the foreign land and send them money. There is nothing wrong in that, if we don’t have a calling for leadership. But when one is called to lead, he/she is restless until the mission accomplish. Leaders think in larger context and they deserve respect and honor. There are many leaders among us today, whose motives are to make profit or generate wealth. Those are not leaders but ravaging “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. While accomplishing the task of rebuilding the city, there arose an opposition. No matter how good is the intention of the leader, there will always have an opposition. Nehemiah didn’t give in to the pressure but continue till the end. I am reminded of the hardships and oppositions I might possibly encounter as a leader. I can refer Nehemiah’s story as a manual for leadership.
I am very much impressed by his leadership role, his courage to speak to the king what was in his heart. It must be like one from the poor country got job at White House and wanting to go back to his/her homeland, where villages are wash away or blown away by the military or civil war. Certainly, Nehemiah must have good life in the foreign land. It must be not that easy to leave good job to return home.
Nehemiah set an example for many future leaders. He was a real leader, who considered his land more than his comforts. If I am thinking about myself and my immediate family or going little further – say relatives, I would comfortably seek job in the foreign land and send them money. There is nothing wrong in that, if we don’t have a calling for leadership. But when one is called to lead, he/she is restless until the mission accomplish. Leaders think in larger context and they deserve respect and honor. There are many leaders among us today, whose motives are to make profit or generate wealth. Those are not leaders but ravaging “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. While accomplishing the task of rebuilding the city, there arose an opposition. No matter how good is the intention of the leader, there will always have an opposition. Nehemiah didn’t give in to the pressure but continue till the end. I am reminded of the hardships and oppositions I might possibly encounter as a leader. I can refer Nehemiah’s story as a manual for leadership.
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