April 27, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"Be an Effectuator"
Deuteronomy 31:6
New International Version
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Leaders must go beyond analysis to action. One cannot lead without energy, motion, risk. Leaders are pathfinders, road makers, action takers. Cowardice, to put it bluntly, is an ungodly trait. God is not passive in the face of evil, nor is He indecisive. The Psalms are full of powerful lyrics that give us a clear portrait of the Lord God. Never is He portrayed as a mild-mannered, passive Deity, hoping and waiting for things to happen. Always He is aggressively engaged in an all-out war against injustice and inequity. Righteousness and truth are causes to be fought for. If left to fend for themselves, they can't withstand the overpowering hunts of heathenism. In every generation, then, conflict is inevitable. And the ammunition for such conflicts? You guessed it. Heart.
Do you have it? Do you take courageous action in the face of wrong? Will you stand alone, if necessary, and embrace a principle, even though it means you lose votes or friends or prestige. . . or whatever?
Are you an intellectual analyzer of wrong, a mere advocate of achievement, a person who enjoys discussions of issues to the point of getting bogged down in unproductive semantics . . . or do you translate ideas into action?
