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Moses and the aircraft factory: Lessons in leadership
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
Do you think Moses could build and manage a modern aircraft factory? At first, that might sound pretty unlikely. Until recently, my first response would have been: probably not. But then I got to thinking. If you strip away the technological differences between Moses’ time and ours, it might be possible. Someone with the right leadership qualities could probably run just about any business.
To me, those qualities would have to include Moses’ willingness to rely on God, the divine Mind who is our source of intelligence, wisdom, and foresight. Other leadership qualities that Moses expressed so well include persistence, strength, hope, to mention a few, and have the same source: our loving Father, God. And because we all are His children, we have access to those leadership qualities, too.
In a way, Moses became a great leader by being willing to be a follower—that is, a follower of God’s direction. And his first task as God’s follower was to be willing to lead the children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt. The Bible tells us that at first, Moses felt inadequate to do the job and essentially said, “Not me, Lord.”
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About the author
Gloria Onyuru has lived in Turkey for 40 years. She has written many articles on spiritual subjects for this website, for the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Journal.
