EXODUS 4:1. “And Moses answered and said, ‘But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, the Lord hath not appeared unto thee.’”
THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE ME. Why should or would people believe a man has been called to leadership? What is there to prove to people that God is behind his authority to bind or loose?
Really, it isn’t something a leader needs to be too concerned about. If one is sure that God has spoken to him – if one is sure the Holy Spirit has put that concern in his heart for God’s people and God’s work that he cannot deny – he doesn’t need any more assurance. When a man is involved in a work for the Lord, the work itself is all he needs to be concerned about. His work will recommend him. Leave the recognition of leadership to others to affirm.
God can make that affirmation by the Holy Spirit and place it in the hearts of His people. Other people will observe and know when one can be trusted and is being used by God as a spiritual guide. There maybe occasions and places like Titus at Crete, when another person who is a leader in his own right, identifies a leader by his word based on recognition of a work accomplished.
Moses knew what had to be done. God had picked him to do it. That is all a leader has to be assured of. How God chooses to confirm that to you and/or others, is really up to Him, for we are His servants. He is our Master and Lord. We serve under His leadership.
“Lord God, it is hard for some to grasp that leadership is a work, not an elected designation. Help me to help these men understand this. Confirm to them in whatever way Thou dost choose they are your servants for this work in their hands. In the middle of the situation they are in, help them to obey without hesitation the guidance given them. Please do not allow their fear to hinder then doing what Thou hast put in their hands, and help them to bring it to a proper conclusion. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”