When Moses went up to the mountain, God spoke to him and gave him the Ten Commandments. Moses was gone so long to the point that the people began to say, "What has become of our leader? Lets make us a god that will lead us."
Aaron told the people to bring their gold to him. He began to melt it down and designed a golden calf. What could have happen to this leader? Wasn't he the brother who assisted Moses in telling Pharaoh, "let my people go?"
Moses comes off the mountain and hears the sound of a wild party. What had Aaron done, what had the people been doing while Moses was receiving the written tablets from the finger of God? We all see that Aaron's leadership wasn't very strong. While Moses is on the mountain, he gave in to the people's whims and wishes.
Moses became very angry when he saw what the people had done. He ask Aaron, What have you done, why have you built this golden calf? His lame response was, "I tossed the people's gold in the fire and that's what came out."
God immediately brought correction to the people and Moses said, "Whosoever is on the Lord's side, come over to me, the Levites were the first to follow after Moses. That day over 3000 lives died. When it was all said and done, God was restoring his leadership team. God was correcting the people before moving forward.
It's in Exodus 39, that God is describing the vest that is being made for Aaron. God instructed Moses to make an Ephod using gold and blue, purple and scarlet fabrics and finely twisted linen. The point here is even when a leader blows it, God hasn't changed his mind about his coat and call for his assignment.
Aaron told the people to bring their gold to him. He began to melt it down and designed a golden calf. What could have happen to this leader? Wasn't he the brother who assisted Moses in telling Pharaoh, "let my people go?"
Moses comes off the mountain and hears the sound of a wild party. What had Aaron done, what had the people been doing while Moses was receiving the written tablets from the finger of God? We all see that Aaron's leadership wasn't very strong. While Moses is on the mountain, he gave in to the people's whims and wishes.
Moses became very angry when he saw what the people had done. He ask Aaron, What have you done, why have you built this golden calf? His lame response was, "I tossed the people's gold in the fire and that's what came out."
God immediately brought correction to the people and Moses said, "Whosoever is on the Lord's side, come over to me, the Levites were the first to follow after Moses. That day over 3000 lives died. When it was all said and done, God was restoring his leadership team. God was correcting the people before moving forward.
It's in Exodus 39, that God is describing the vest that is being made for Aaron. God instructed Moses to make an Ephod using gold and blue, purple and scarlet fabrics and finely twisted linen. The point here is even when a leader blows it, God hasn't changed his mind about his coat and call for his assignment.
Many leaders through the bible have made great blunders in their leading. God never determines a call according to their perfect marks. If perfection were the model, then there would be no leaders in the Kingdom of God. What about Moses anger and murdering a man? What about Jacob, David, Samson, Solomon, Elijah, Jonah, Peter and all the disciples that fled at Christ crucifixion? No one is perfect, no not one, just forgiven.
Were all made out of the same stuff. Pray for your pastor and show mercy the next time they don't fit the perfect model. God isn't through with them because of a blunder. He continues to work on each of us, and our development. Were all instruments in the master's hand to do His work and the will of the Father. "For God's gifts and his call is irrevocable." (Romans 11:29)
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