The character of Nehemiah presents the servant leadership and transformational leadership. It is a great story of the return from exile. Nehemiah is one my favorite character in the Old Testament. Nehemiah was a slave and he became as a cup bearer of the King and believes this designation is very important especially for a slave. In the absence of the king he performs the duties of the King. He lived in the palace, where he enjoyed all comforts. He wore the royal dress and enjoyed the royal food. This is a human nature to achieve something high and like to live a comfortable life. Nehemiah had all these facilities.
At the beginning of the book some of his friends came from Jerusalem to whom he asked about the Jewish remnant that had survived from the exile, and about Jerusalem. I was thinking how a person who is enjoying all the luxuries of life, is thinking about his people, not only …show more content…
Nehemiah associates people by knowing the certain skills of the individuals and using those skills to participate in building of the wall. Nehemiah is able to organize and motivate skilled artisans to work alongside common laborers, shows the level of commitment Nehemiah was able to gain from the people. In the building of the wall It is interesting that all people from different professions contributed to build the wall and they built those only portions that were in front of their houses. Neh 3:10. Women also played their role to build the wall. Neh 3:12 by doing this, Nehemiah is able to create the organizational structure for success. After reading this book I was thinking, Nehemiah alone could not build the wall, he created a team and through team work he accomplished his task. We can observe the team work in Nehemiah 8. Until then, Nehemiah had been in the front. He was a great administrator who could organize and activate people to get the wall
At the beginning of the book some of his friends came from Jerusalem to whom he asked about the Jewish remnant that had survived from the exile, and about Jerusalem. I was thinking how a person who is enjoying all the luxuries of life, is thinking about his people, not only …show more content…
Nehemiah associates people by knowing the certain skills of the individuals and using those skills to participate in building of the wall. Nehemiah is able to organize and motivate skilled artisans to work alongside common laborers, shows the level of commitment Nehemiah was able to gain from the people. In the building of the wall It is interesting that all people from different professions contributed to build the wall and they built those only portions that were in front of their houses. Neh 3:10. Women also played their role to build the wall. Neh 3:12 by doing this, Nehemiah is able to create the organizational structure for success. After reading this book I was thinking, Nehemiah alone could not build the wall, he created a team and through team work he accomplished his task. We can observe the team work in Nehemiah 8. Until then, Nehemiah had been in the front. He was a great administrator who could organize and activate people to get the wall