Jeremiah 50:6 • From Mountain to Hill
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.'”
—Jeremiah 50:6 (NASB)
One doesn’t have to be a serious Bible student very long to realize that Scripture has its own vocabulary. The terms it employs have the same, consistent meaning across the whole of the Bible, but those terms are almost always digressing from the definitions assigned by the world. And equally God’s Word is at odd with the world’s notion of the standard by which to operate and measure things by. In most corners of secular life one would never measure the quality of a leader by the degree to which they reflect the qualities of a shepherd. Worldly leadership is more often characterized by that one person leading the charge up the hill whether or not everyone else comes along; biblical leadership takes their time ensuring everyone eventually arrives at the same place together.
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