CRISIS: A call for leadership

Text Mark 8:1-9

Jesus said, “If I send them away hungry to there own

houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have
come from afar”. – Mark 8:3 (NKJ)

Foresight is a call for critical action today. A leader without

foresight is a blind guide. Jesus had foreseen an impending
danger ahead; sending four thousand hungry people home
in the wilderness would have serious image implication on
his ministry. I’ll surmise it this way: Jesus may have thought
within himself if I should they should faint on the way: -

* Where do I get ambulances to get four thousand

people to the nearest hospital?

* How do I explain this to the government of the day?

* What happens to the reputation of the ministry?

Often times, today’s crisis is a reflection of yesterday’s

carelessness. Today’s abuse becomes tomorrow’s liability.
Left for the disciples of Jesus, the crowd should be sent
away (Matt 14:15). Followers avoid problems, leaders look
for problems to solve. Crisis is a call for belated action
immediately. Every crisis requires practical wisdom and
radical faith: that takes cognizance of facts and faith to act
on divine instruction in spite of facts.

Samuel Ajana
www.successfulattitudes.blogspot.com
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