I’ve been hearing quite a blurbs in the media which lean favorably towards the majority. I was listening to the news recently, in regards the the election of the new Pope. The news Reporter brought up some statistics which pointed out that America was moving swiftly away from traditional ideas and thoughts into something entirely different. Something which seemed more modern. Then as a saving grace to all our political problems, the Reporter exclaimed that our political parties should take heed and use this to their advantage. In other words, if they want to succeed then they better be the first ones to champion what the majority is calling for. In other words, stop fighting the resistance of the river of ideas and just go with the flow. The problem is, this sort of attitude has gotten us nowhere in the past. Actually, this take on leadership will often lead to destruction. Alright, so let’s take a brief look at biblical history, in times when the majority was wrong.
Let us first look at the tower of Babel. In this episode of Genesis chapter 11, we have a great majority of people who decided that they were going to build a tower to reach the heavens. One that would establish their name throughout the earth. The Lord came to survey the work they were doing and realized that pride of these people are great. If they unite in evil, nothing will be impossible for them. We saw the same thing happened in the glory of the Roman Empire. Men sought to simply build a kingdom for self glorification. As a result, the entire kingdom imploded under the mass immorality and corruption which came as a result. I guess the old saying stands true. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. In order to save the human race, God had to confuse the language of the people of Babel and scatter them throughout the earth.
When self-aggrandizement is the aim, then the unity of the people will only breed destruction.
The people of Israel moaned and groaned against Moses when he sought to free them from captivity. Then even when they did get free, they faced some hard times in the desert and still complained. The real kicker came when they were finally outside of the land that God promised them. The spies went in and surveyed the land. Then a real revelation came in the response of the doubting spies. They said and I paraphrase: compared to the men of Canaan, we are like grasshoppers.” First and foremost, they saw themselves in a light which was completely untrue. They saw themselves in light of being without God. If only they trusted in God, then they would have realized that the most powerful being in the entire universe was actually on their side. There is no reason to doubt.
There can be no success, if the people view themselves as less than what God made and called them to be.
The citizens of any kingdom/country need their leaders to be wise in their decision making. It would be unfair to lean towards any one faction or the personal ideas of a group of people, while ignoring the ideas of others; lest you ostracize your own. On the other hand, a leader is expected to lead justly and in truth. They are expected to take into consideration the wants and needs of every man and from the position they have been given, make the best decisions for the people. Above all, a leader should trust his heart to God. Allow the truth of God’s word to dictate the direction of his life, then everything else will fall into place.
A heart filled with the truth of the Most High (the Ultimate King and leader of the universe), will succeed, irrespective of the human mistakes that might plague his administration.
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