When you are championing a movement against oppression, there's something I refer to as "The Moses Challenge". You have to look out for it and manage it. It's about balancing radicalism and gradualism.
Moses initially had an extreme reaction to seeing his people oppressed by the Egyptians. But he soon found out that his biggest challenge was getting the people he wanted to save to trust him. When he attempted to mediate a disagreement, he got hit with:
"Who made you a boss or judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?"
That accusation from his own kin shook Moses to his core. He had to restrategise.
That accusation from his own kin shook Moses to his core. He had to restrategise.
It took a longer and more deliberate campaign to begin the exodus and an entire generation to achieve its goals. Even then, most of the effort was spent selling to the grumbling multitude. But that is what leadership is.
You have to care deeply enough about your people to accommodate their seemingly unreasonable suspicions. You trust you. But they have a right not to.
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