Numbers 20

So is striking a rock and speaking to it really that different? After all that Moses has done for God, could something that seems so trite be so egregious?

Leadership has a greater measure of responsibility. Why? Because our mistakes affect everyone entrusted to our care. Our example is to be followed, our influence is impacting to others. In the same way James in his epistle cautions people to not be too eager to teach since they will be assuming the fruit of their teachings as it is found in the lives of their students, so too it is with leaders, we are accountable to God for the fruit of our leadership as it grows in the lives of those with whom we have influence.

So when God gives us as leaders instructions to follow, remember, He has a reason for every detail, and we have a sacred duty to leave nothing out!