How God Makes a Leader
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God has a different route. God prefers his leaders to come from the school of hared knocks. And he uses each of these hard knocks to teach, prefect and groe his leaders.
aw tozer - every that has happaed has happed to make me more christlike it resolves a great deal of stress.
God has a major undertaking to perform and he needed someone who would be up to the task, so God spent years training a sutible candidate for a powerful leadreship role, and the candidate did not even know he was being trained.
That is something we all must remeber, God has plans and purposes for our lives we have not even thought of yet. Who knows the Lord plan in 5, 10, 15 years, but He may well have already sighned you up in the school of hard knocks to prepare you for when the time is right.
Joshua was such a man. We know Joshua has the man who led Israel into the promised Land, the man who picked up where Moses left off. But he had no idera that this mantle would fall of him. He started with humble beginings and God trained him throufgh situations to circumstances to become just the right kind of person.
Joshua is refered to in scripture simply as:
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
He was an amazing leader, but all his succsess simply came from him humbly serving the Lord.
Lesson 1: The Humility of Slavery.
Lesson 1: The Humility of Slavery.
Joshua was born in pharoah palace like Moses, he born as a slave in Egypt. His birth name was Hoshea, whuch means salvation, and Moses later changed it to Joshua which means “Jehova is salvation”.
The story must always begin with God. Joshua was the first born Son of Nun, Think about that. He was a first born son in the land of Egypt.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Joshua’s life was in danger on the night of the passover, he would have died had what not taken place?
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Had it not been for the blood of the lamb on the dorpost Joshua would have died.
Our stroty also starts in the same place. Were it not for the blood of Jesus we would have no future, no hope would die in our sins, cast into Hell for all eternity.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Joshua was a slave in Egypt and was taken out of slavery by the blood of a lamb, which pointed to the true Lamb of God.
We were also born into slavery, slavery top sin.
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
And our stiory, like Joshua’s begins with God’s mercy towards us through the shed blood of the Lamb.
Can you imagine Joshua sitting in his room, knowing he was a first born, hearing the screams of people as their first borns died, Joshua had to have faith that becume of the blood on the dor post, he would live.
We must have that same faith in the blood., we live our lives in faith, that although we were deserving of death, we have passed from death by life through faith in Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Lesson 2: The Courage of a Solder
Lesson 2: The Courage of a Solder
The first official recod of Joshia in scripture is his defeat of the Amekalites, whgen they attcked Israel. They attacked them within 2 months of leaving Egypt.
Spiritual attack comes quicly to God’s children, the enemy hates us and attacks swiftly to discourage our lives. Joshua had to learn to pick up the sword, and use it with skill to keep the enemies at bay.
Joshua was nbot trained before had in battle, Egypt did not allow the Isralites to have wepons (which is always the way of eviul goverments who fear their people). So Joshua had to learn quikly.
His main Job was lead Israels army in battle and to proctest God’s meetings.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Why was Joshua so so with the sword? Well the truth is, it was not the metal swrd that gave him his skill but the Sword of the Spirit.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Like Joshua, we will come under satanic and decmoc attack. And we must be prepared to meet thatr attack with the sword.
Now of course our wepons are spieirual because our foes are spiritual:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
And our Equitment is Spiritual:
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
And the Word is our Sword and we must be skilled in its usage if we are going to defest the Enemy.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
And like Joshua not only must we protect our lives in general, but specifically we must stand gaurd over our meetings with God, knowing that if Satan can stop you from going to church, he has already won the war - we must NEVER depat the “Tabernacle. - the church.
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