Leaders who do not lead

"My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic steed in battle."

Zechariah 10:3 (ESV )

Leaders who do not lead will regret the many lost opportunities.  God does not give leaders their position to use others, but so that they would use their position, influence, resources, and power to empower others.

It could be that many leaders will be in for a surprise when they meet God. In this life they might have surrounded themselves with people they could use and control, and fooled themselves into believing that they were actually in charge. They worked at getting people to follow them because they were following themselves.

In the end, when those who followed them need help, they will be no help, for they will have nothing to offer but human wisdom and resources, and neither of those are useful to the hopeless.

There seems to be much jockeying for position in this life, even though position is something that is assigned by God, and the greatest in this life are those who are the least in this life. 

Sleeping Shepherds

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them. Nahum 3:18 (ESV)   Sleeping shepherds and nobles. Those entrusted with leading have quit leading. When people are scattered, shepherds are asleep. When nations are confused, kings have failed to rule.   When the sheep are scattered, it is time to replace the shepherds, not the sheep.   Leadership has a responsibility to lead, and the best position from which to lead is one that has you following God. As leaders follow, they lead.   There is needless and great tragedy in life because those who should be leading have decided to lead independently of God. Instead of getting their authority from God, they get authority from people. Instead of caring for others, they care for themselves, and use others to promote their personal agenda.   The examples of good leaders in the Bible are many-Jesus, Paul, Stephen, Noah, Abraham, and so on. They all had a tremendous love for people and a burning desire to obey God. Those two qualities alone are the qualifications for a good leader.   Scattering leaves each one on his/his own. It was not meant to be that way.