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But today in my own devotional time I was overwhelmed with the description of a leader. During the day of the return from exile, the days of rebuilding, the days of busyness, during the days of challenge, Ezra is arrives on the scene in Jerusalem. He is described this way.
Ezra . . . the gracious hand of his God was on him. This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the law of the Lord and to teach those laws and regulations to the people of Israel.
Ezra 7:8,10
Those were his qualifications; the cover letter introducing him as leader. This guy experiences the continual grace of God. He's cultivated it by studying the law inside and out, but he hasn't just studied it, it has become a part of him. He obeys it at every point. He is committed to teaching what he has learned to all the people.
I know that when I am with other leaders I often ask, what are you reading? Lorrits? McNeall? Maxwell? I am always looking for clues to what God is doing in their lives, their ministries.
Maybe the better question to ask is, what are you living?
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