Sometimes loneliness is an awful thing. Have you ever felt alone? You may be surrounded by people and still feel alone.
People in leadership may have power and influence, but believe me, they feel terribly lonely. It's not that people don't like them, often times leadership means that you will be alone. For example, the president of your company has to look at facts and figures and make tough decisions. Sometimes employees don't like what they hear. Many people have experienced lay offs. What a terrible experience. Not knowing what is next, not knowing if they will have enough money to pay the bills. Often employees attack owners saying, "They just want more money for themselves." That may be true, but often times the owners I know can't sleep because they know what damage it might cause. It is at those times a leader feels alone.
Moses felt alone. The people of Israel were mad at him. "Leave well enough alone Moses..." Read about it in Exodus 5 or click to view http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+5&version=NIV (Click back arrow on web browser to return)
Loneliness is a part of leadership. Leaders never get used to it but they learn to accept it. For Moses, it seems like he is ready to call it quits. He was ready to throw in the towel. So what does Moses do? He talks to God about it. Chapter 6 is God's response. To sum it up; God told Moses that He will accomplish what He has set out to do. He will rescue His people Israel through the leadership of Moses. Moses needed to simply stay the course.
When you are fully surrendered to God, He may ask you to do something that causes you to be very alone. Everyone has an opinion and they are ready to share it with you. People may question you and try to raise doubts in your mind. Examine the doubts and deal with them.
Here are three things you should do when feeling alone regarding what God is having you to do:
1. Pray. Ask God for His help. We need His strength.
2. Contemplate opinions - Do they have a point that I haven't considered?
3. Pray. Ask God to make things clear.
Why? Because we want to do the very thing God wants us to do. We want to consider that God will make
it very clear if it is just simply our idea or that it is in fact His.
As you close: What is it that is tugging at your heart? Is it from God? Have you asked other people about? Have you considered other's advice? Have you prayed? Do that now.
God bless!
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