Leadership—Ovi Poetry Challenge

We lead although our efforts mock
the Lord whom even we can’t shock.
We should have spoken to the rock
instead of striking it. 

We do what we’re not told to do.
We think our thoughts are always true,
but there’s no way we can get through
unless we go through Him.

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Ronovan Hestor offers the inspiration “leadership” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted in Poet’s Corner.

Numbers 20:7-12
⁷ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
⁸ Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
⁹ And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
¹¹ And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
¹² And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Author: Frank Hubeny

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