Thursday, December 10, 2015

Scoresheet for Leaders



Lines from Psalm 10 for all in positions of leadership and power whether in politics, business, non-profits. Read the whole Psalm for full impact of the plea for God to intervene in a time of trouble and hold those who misuse their power and position for themselves at the expense of the weak.

In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor.
They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.
They lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net. They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.



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