Godly Leadership (Jeremiah 10:21)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Jeremiah 10:21, David Platt encourages Christian leaders to prioritize knowing and obeying God.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:05.0	Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 21
0:08.0	for the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord.
0:14.0	Therefore they have not prospered and all their flock is scattered.
0:19.4	What an indictment of the leaders among God's people.
0:24.4	This language for the Shepherds are stupid.
0:28.4	They're dumb.
0:30.2	And listen to why, because they do not inquire of the Lord.
0:36.0	That's the indictment here.
0:37.5	They don't go to God for his wisdom, for his direction, for his
0:44.2	leadership in their lives and among the people of God.
0:48.2	That's what makes them dumb.
0:50.2	They lead according to their own wisdom, their own ideas, their own thoughts.
0:55.0	They don't go before the Lord.
0:57.0	Listen to His words.
0:59.0	Seek him in prayer.
1:00.0	Therefore, the people of God have not prospered and all their flock is scattered.
1:07.0	There is clearly a word here for every pastor or leader among God's people, including myself, that my, our first responsibility
1:21.1	as a leader among God's people is to inquire of the Lord, to seek him in prayer, to listen to
1:28.7	his word and to follow his leadership.
1:32.4	That's the whole design of leaders among God's people, that they
1:36.8	would be close to God seeking God and he would be leading his people through those leaders.
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