Archive for February 8th, 2010
Do you seek the Lord’s counsel when making decisions? (108-1)
Leaders make decisions every day, and the patterns established in the small decisions shape the course of the larger ones. Decision-making ability differentiates between poor and good, and between good and great, leaders. Read 1 Chronicles 12:1 and 23-38.
Saul, former king of Israel, and his sons were killed in battle and the people of Israel were gathering at Hebron, about to make David king over Israel. Tucked away in the middle of the information concerning the type of men and number of men sent from each of the 12 tribes is verse 32, which describes the delegation from the tribe of Issachar. This verse tells us that the men of Issachar “understood the times and knew what Israel should do.”