Are you pulling your weight?

Luke 11:46 But He said, "Woe to you experts on the law as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.”

I think that I do this sometimes too. These leaders were expecting their followers to carry a heavy burden of law keeping. They were expected to keep the law at every point. At the same time, these “leaders” weren’t doing anything to help them keep these laws. This verse also implies that the followers were expected to keep laws that the "experts" would never consider keeping.

Lessons from this verse:
1. As a leader I fear that I expect a lot from people, but may not really help them achieve these expectations.
2. I can't expect people I am leading to do things that I am not willing to do myself. I can't expect the people I lead to be people of prayer if I am not a person of prayer. I can't expect them to care for the poor if I don't care for the poor. etc......