To Judah, Jacob says his siblings will bow down to him. From the tribe of Judah, the royalty will come. This is Judah's elevation - from the man who suggested selling Joseph to the man whose lineage produces kings.
Judah's transformation across Genesis has been remarkable. He starts as someone complicit in betrayal. He ends as the one designated for leadership. The trajectory suggests that repentance, substitution, self-sacrifice - these remake a person into someone worthy of authority.
When I think about who deserves leadership in our community, I look for the Judahs - people who've been tested by their own failure and come out shaped by it, willing to put themselves on the line for others.
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