Oppressive Leadership

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” Exodus 1:8-10 A new ruler came to power in Egypt who was not the great leader that the prior Pharaoh was. He had little in common with the confident ruler who led Egypt during Joseph’s day. While he was a man with great power, he had little character or wisdom. He was constantly worrying that others might usurp his power. He felt his security threatened and consequently sabotaged his own leadership. Many of us have seen this kind of leader in our own lives. Notice how he responded to the challenges he faced… When the Jewish population grew, he oppressed them instead of caring for them. When the Jewish babies were being born at a high rate, he commanded all the male babies to be killed instead of planning to equip them to be future leaders. When the Jews complained about their hard labor, he enslaved them and increased their work load instead of lightening their loads. And when racial conflict arose, he ruthlessly dominated them instead of building relationships with them. This “leader” was setting himself up for certain failure. Are you an insecure leader that oppresses and controls your people or are you confident enough to enable and develop them into future leaders as well? I’d love to talk to you personally. For more on help I can provide and how you can reach me, check out… http://truthatlife.com/ or email me directly at curtis.songer@gmail.com