Tag: Great Leaders Know the Power of Prasing God - Nehemiah 11-13

Nehemiah 12:8

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

Tag:  Great Leaders Know the Power of Praising God

Nehemiah made sure, as he was re-building the city of Jerusalem, that he had all the necessary leadership in place.  In the above text we read about a few of them.  Nehemiah takes a pause to highlight, Mattaniah.  The name means, “gift from Jehovah.”   Mattaniah was a descendant of Aspah the Levite who wrote a number of great Psalms.   It is clear that Mattaniah job was to make sure that the inhabitants of Jerusalem gave thanks to God in a proper way.  Nehemiah made sure he had a Mattaniah in his core leadership team ... someone who knew the power of praising God and celebrating the accomplishments God gave them:

Nehemiah 11:17

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:24-25

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch. “Mattaniah”, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.

Nehemiah 12:27

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:31

Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. One went to the south on the wall to the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 12:38

The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

Nehemiah 12:40

So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

Nehemiah 12:46

For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

Great leaders make sure we give proper praise.