Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with fervid faith:

“The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly…”
(1Chronicles 4:38)

May I ask You a question, Jesus?

Why do some families grow…

while others stay the same…shrink…even disappear?

Is it the leaders You place among them?

Do some of them exercise their leadership gift and cause their families to thrive

while others fail to pay the price of leadership

and cost their families the greatness that might have been?

Or is it more complex than that?

Some of Your greatest leaders have experienced

heartache
rejection
shame

seeing little or nothing of what this world calls “success.”

Others were defiantly sinning against You

even while their “families” were growing.

Maybe it’s not true that “everything rises and falls on leadership.”

Maybe the way followers follow

matters as much as the way leaders lead.

Lead me, LORD!

…and I will faithfully follow You.

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Exodus 23:2; Deuteronomy 7:11; 1 Samuel 12:14-15; 1 Kings 11:6; Psalms 5:8; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 61:2; Psalms 139:24; Psalms 143:10; Isaiah 52:3-5

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper