2 Samuel 12:9Amplified Bible (AMP) 9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

1. STCUNT LEROERSHIP
Wlry haue you despised the commandment oJ the Lono, to do evil in His sight? You
hauekilledLlriahthe Hittitewiththe sword; youhave takenhis wit'eto beyour wtJe,
and haue killed him with the sword oJ the people oJAmmon.
2 SAMUEL 12:9
(1 ecurity provides the foundation for strong leadership. When we feel inse-
.or.. *" drift from our mission whenever trouble arises. We must feel secure
J *fr.r, people stop liking us, when funding drops, when morale dips, or
when others reject us. Ifwe don t feel secure, fear will eventualh cause us to sabo-
tage our leadership.
Imagine what might have happened had Nathan lacked security. David
had covered up everything so well; no one else knew what happened. Further,
the popular David had led Israel to prominence among the nations, and most
Israelites would side with David if he put up a fight. Finally from a technical view-
point, David had set up the man to be killed in battle by the Ammonites, but it
wasn't his spear or sword that took Uriah's life. Nathan had to feel utterly secure
in his plan of confrontatiory or it would backfire.
* The Maxwell Leadership Bib.le
WhatcanyoulearnJromexperiencesyouhavehadwithsecureleaders?Insecureleaders?
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