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Are leaders made? Do we want our leaders to be eager or reluctant? Both? Moses, perhaps the greatest <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most flawed leader of the People of Israel, seems to be both \u2013 at different times embodying different modes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exodus 3 begins with the dramatic burning bush episode, where Moses is charged by God to serve as God\u2019s emissary and become the leader of the people of Israel, to dramatically usher them from slavery in Egypt to freedom and nationhood. What follows in the remainder of the chapter is a series of refusals and questions on the part of Moses, all of which highlight that Moses does not believe himself to be the right man for the job. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moses ends his protests with a final, primal plea: \u201cPlease make someone else your agent!\u201d Moses only reluctantly agrees to go to Egypt to see if his Israelite brothers are still alive after God has armed him with a series of magical tricks and his brother Aaron who will serve as his mouthpiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrast this Moses to the Moses we met in Chapter 2: A man who acts <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decisively <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to combat injustice and protect the weak of society in three separate incidents: First he impulsively slays an Egyptian who is wronging an Israelite slave. Second, he intervenes to stop a violent quarrel between two Israelite slaves. His final act of leadership in Chapter 2 takes place on behalf of a group of Midianite women he has never before met, who are being bullied at a well by a group of men. The Moses of chapter 2 finds himself instinctively called to leadership and acts without hesitation, to be the clear embodiment of what many have called the \u201cnatural born leader.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where has that Moses gone in Chapter 3?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happened in the intervening years? Can this shift be attributed to Moses living a quiet life as a Shepherd, building a family and dwelling in new and unfamiliar environs outside of the palace in which he was raised? Was it that which accounts for Moses\u2019 transformation from a young, eager, impulsive leader into a more measured and cautious force, who understands the burdens, responsibilities and weight of leadership? The Bible tells us little about what happened in these intervening years and leaves this up to our own speculation <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, what we clearly see in Chapter 3 is that God patiently seeks out Moses the reluctant leader. When choosing the person and the moment in which to lift up one person to lead God\u2019s people, it is not the Moses of Chapter 2, the brazen, impulsive and self-appointed leader, who seeks out opportunities for dramatic action. Instead, God waits. It is the Moses of Chapter 3, found in the stillness of the desert, who no longer sees himself as a leader, who questions his fitness for such a role, who is called on by God for greatness.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":56233,"id":56233,"title":"jud16-leadership","filename":"jud16-leadership.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jud16-leadership.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-recipe-national-unity-and-leadership\/jud16-leadership\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jud16-leadership","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":56232,"date":"2019-05-26 21:59:53","modified":"2022-08-03 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