Each one of us is a leader to some degree, for the simple reason that we make decisions in public, decisions that others see and analyze. In Genesis 44, Judah, who had quite a tainted past, showed that he was becoming a spiritual leader. His maturing character was seen as he stepped forward to take responsibility for past mistakes and offer to make repairs as best he could.

A good leader is not necessarily the one who sits or stands under the bright lights of the stage. It is the man or woman, youth or child, who sets an example worthy of imitating and following.

So, the leadership role is not really a choice we can take or leave, nor does indecisiveness provide an escape -- it is in itself a decision.

The question is not, "Are you a leader?", but "What kind of leader are you?"

"NOW THEREFORE, I PRAY THEE, LET THY SERVANT ABIDE INSTEAD OF THE LAD..."
(Genesis 44:33)

​Once upon a time there was a young country boy whose father trained him for an outside chore. His job was to watch over some of the family sheep. For years this became his main focus and he learned many lessons in the relatively calm setting of the green pastures around his home. Some of them were of the purest theology. One day he began to write down his thoughts...

and God Almighty made them immortal.

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want..."
​(Psalm 23:1)