ENEMY IN THE WALLS (7 OF 11)
Scripture: Nehemiah 5:1-19
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Enemy in the Walls (7 of 11)
Series: Nehemiah
Robert Dawson
Nehemiah 5
Up until the early 1970s a comic strip, Pogo, ran in the papers. Pogo the opossum is well known for saying, ''We have met the enemy and the enemy is us.''
Since the book of Nehemiah opened our main character has faced obstacle after obstacle along with enemy after enemy. He has dealt with heartache, logistics issues, discouragement and threats he finds himself facing a new obstacle. In chapter 5 he discovers that the enemy hits close to home because the enemy lives at home. Sometimes the enemy is close by. Sometimes the enemy is us.
John White in his book on leadership, Excellence in of Leadership, writes, ''No test of leadership is more revealing than the test of opposition. Christian leaders can go to pieces under such pressure. Some grow too discouraged to continue. Others build walls around themselves and shoot murderously from behind them. They become embattled, embittered and vindictive. Not so Nehemiah. Nowhere does his leadership shine more brilliantly than in his handling of problems. (This can be true of all of us. Our true character becomes evident, not when things go our way, but when things don't. How we handle them and treat others in the process speaks volumes to who we are at heart).
We should not only think those who have a title or position are leaders. The essence of leadership according to Henry Blackaby and John Maxwell is influence.
While most of us do not realize it, we simply don't think that way, we are all leaders in some way because we excerpt a measure of influence over more people than we realize, from our family, friends, faith family members, people behind the registers or who bring us our food, co-workers, boss, employees, the parents of other kids we talk to as we watch them play sports.
We communicate and influence them, one way or another, by our actions, our words and our attitudes. Most often, we win or lose in this area depending on h ...
Series: Nehemiah
Robert Dawson
Nehemiah 5
Up until the early 1970s a comic strip, Pogo, ran in the papers. Pogo the opossum is well known for saying, ''We have met the enemy and the enemy is us.''
Since the book of Nehemiah opened our main character has faced obstacle after obstacle along with enemy after enemy. He has dealt with heartache, logistics issues, discouragement and threats he finds himself facing a new obstacle. In chapter 5 he discovers that the enemy hits close to home because the enemy lives at home. Sometimes the enemy is close by. Sometimes the enemy is us.
John White in his book on leadership, Excellence in of Leadership, writes, ''No test of leadership is more revealing than the test of opposition. Christian leaders can go to pieces under such pressure. Some grow too discouraged to continue. Others build walls around themselves and shoot murderously from behind them. They become embattled, embittered and vindictive. Not so Nehemiah. Nowhere does his leadership shine more brilliantly than in his handling of problems. (This can be true of all of us. Our true character becomes evident, not when things go our way, but when things don't. How we handle them and treat others in the process speaks volumes to who we are at heart).
We should not only think those who have a title or position are leaders. The essence of leadership according to Henry Blackaby and John Maxwell is influence.
While most of us do not realize it, we simply don't think that way, we are all leaders in some way because we excerpt a measure of influence over more people than we realize, from our family, friends, faith family members, people behind the registers or who bring us our food, co-workers, boss, employees, the parents of other kids we talk to as we watch them play sports.
We communicate and influence them, one way or another, by our actions, our words and our attitudes. Most often, we win or lose in this area depending on h ...
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