Guidance from Overlooked Men and Women of the Bible

Category: Leadership (Page 10 of 22)

Dogged Faith

Some days are wonderful. Other days are a slog. On those sloggish days we must choose to cling to the Lord despite our circumstances. That’s when I turn to one of my favorite passages in the Bible. Facing disaster for himself and his nation, Habakkuk penned these words several thousand years ago:

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines,

Though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food,

Though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

I will be joyful in God my Savior.

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; 

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

He enables me to tread on the heights.

(Habakkuk 3:17-19)

Here’s to Revolutionary Leaders

 

John Adams was a lawyer and a farmer, a graduate of Harvard College, the husband of Abigail Smith Adams, the father of four children. He was forty years old and he was a revolutionary.

On this President’s Day, here’s to truly revolutionary leaders who change the world for good. In this case John Adams, the second president of the United States of America.

From page 18 of John Adams, by David McCullough

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Martin Luther King Jr. quoted scripture regularly, often encouraging people with the prayer above from the Old Testament prophet Amos (5:24). King reminded our nation that social justice is biblical. Today we remember and give thanks for a man who’s legacy continues to remind us what’s on the heart of God.

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