Repentance and correcting back to the basics

Repentance and correcting back to the basics
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16 "But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
17 "They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.
Neh 9:16-17 (NASB)

O - The returning exiles, after spending few days celebrating and glorifying God through the feast of the tabernacles, moved to a more solemn and repentant phase. They read God's word for a portion of the day (3 hrs) and then began to repent for their sins, and the inequities of their forefathers. By remembering their past, and their own sins, what was revealed was God's grace and love.

A - I believe the application for me, especially as a leader, and project manager, is to recognize the need to stop every once in a while and reflect on the past, mistakes made, lessons learned, and foundational principles, so as to reset ourselves back to the basic disciplines of our organization or teams. For the Israelites, despite the rough previous years in exile, they were able to reflect on their victory in reclaiming the promised land, by God's grace. For project teams we often battle, and even struggle and find ourselves in an exiled state (at the shipyard due to being low priority, short on resources, or quite simply not the crisis the yard is focusing on ). As a team your press through these moments, and when you come out the other side, the leader needs to take time as Nehemiah did to reflect on the fundamental principles of the business, to repent for the deviations (often this occurs after NR or NS audits), and correct back to the basics. All in all as a leader you must remind your team, despite the hardships of the past, we must repent, correct back to the fundamental project management disciplines (PMF) and be thankful for the renewed opportunity to finish strong. There is even grace in the shipyard for a repentant and not arrogant project team.

P - Dear heavenly Father thank you for today's message, may it be sealed to my heart. I pray Lord that you would continue to remind me as a leader what my roots are, and what basic principles I should be speaking into the teams you have made me a part of . Most of all Lord, help me to have a correctable heart; one in which my pride is easily set aside for the sake of the team, and your kingdom. I pray all this in Jesus name, Amen.