The kind of leadership that Ezra wants us to emulate is a leadership in which God is given all the glory. Ezra did not sit back and say,
Derek W. H. ThomasWell, if God wants Levites to come, he will bring them.No, he marshalled arguments. He sent his best men. He gave it his best shot! But the outcome was of the Lord. Man may plan, marshal arguments, scheme, and plot, but the outcome is of the Lord.1
15 Je les rassemblai près du fleuve qui coule vers Ahava, et nous campâmes là trois jours. Je dirigeai mon attention sur le peuple et sur les sacrificateurs, et je ne trouvai là aucun des fils de Lévi.