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“It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.”
Bill Hybels
We will be reading through Nehemiah 5:9-19
Integrity is a quality we all want to have as Christians. As technology leaders within the church, it is all the more important. Jim Collins, in his book Good to Great, identifies that leadership itself is not a quality of greatness but, rather, leadership with integrity and humility.
I noted in the beginning of this devotional that Nehemiah was a man of character. We saw that acknowledged by the king in giving him favor to leave and repair Jerusalem, but also by God in giving him the mission in the first place. In a time where Nehemiah could brag about all he had done, hold it over the nobles’ heads who had cheated and stolen, Nehemiah simply acts with humility and integrity.
It is not something that you learn about or perfect in a classroom or laboratory. You can’t teach a course on it at college, nor can you hire a VP of Integrity, though I am sure some have tried. Instead, we look at our sinful nature before God and humble ourselves before Him and His will and seek to have His character as our own.
I believe church technology easily embraces this ideology of humility in our service as we quietly sit back and run sound and lights. We see it further as the unnamed heroes of social media, blogging, and podcasts as we communicate to the church in the name of others. It is in our DNA to serve with integrity and humility.
Nehemiah’s final words are both a call-to-action for those who want to lead with integrity, but also an acknowledgement that the goal is not in what is done but how it is done through service.
Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.
Nehemiah 5:19
Use these reflection questions for the comments section.
- What is your shining example of humility?
- What can your team do to foster more of this within your church?
- How does humility preach Christ to the world and where does technology fit in?
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