Being Extra Careful...

It seems that the Israelites never stopped giving God, Moses and Aaron trouble, during their journey out of Egypt into the land flowing with milk and honey.
Today was no exception, as a few key folks from the tribe of Levi started to rebel against Moses and Aaron, saying things like, who gave you the right to stand over us and tell us what to do. I say that sounds very similar to what we would hear, around us.
The SENA asks all of us if we have ever been in such a position, where we are spurring the congregation against the leadership of the church. I think it's easy for us to read this passage, and learn that, ah, we should always depend on God for wisdom when there is trouble in the church leadership. Or think, ah, we should follow the leader and don't be rebellious.
But what hit me was the statement in SENA that said, "you should be extra careful, especially if you are in the position of affecting other people around you, not to create any fights/divisions amongst the group..."
As one of the leaders and servants of the church, and as a RY teacher, I have been given tremendous opportunity and responsibility, to affect those around me, and I realized that I need to be "extra careful" not to cause any fights/divisions, and that a small thing I do and say, could affect others in negative ways, especially our kids in our classes... so we must watch ourselves, in all ways... all the time. Lovely. :-)