Who's in charge?

June 26, 2008

1 Kings (KJV)

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

Years ago, in an effort to explain submission and how it should work in a family, business, ministry, etc. a pastor told me, 'any thing with two heads is a freak!' How true that statement is. It is not possible for an animal or a person to have two heads. One will want to do one thing and the other will want to do something else. While humans could rationalize it out, one would become the dominant one. Any unit of organization is the same. If two people try to lead, one will be dominant and the other will follow. That does not mean that we should not take advantage of the strengths of those around us, and put them in place to help us, but in the end, one person has to make the decisions.

So it is with today's verse. The people of Israel have lost their king and they are split on who should lead them next. Rather than team together and use their strengths, one overcomes and subdues the other.

Things have not changed. It is still that way today.

How many heads do you have in your organization? Is the one that God called to lead the one that is the head?

Today

1 Kings 15:25-16:34, 2 Chronicles 17:1-19
Tomorrow

1 Kings 17:1-19:21

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