When following God seems scary
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-Changes (leaving comfort zone)
-Mission impossible. Loving God more than anything even our life.(overcoming fear, defeat, depression. achieving obedience, love and success.)
-Trusting God with big problems. (Big sins, bad relationships, dark environments)
Joshua
Joshua
A former slave that became the most powerful general of its time.
For many years He took the second place as the assistant of Moses.
As a young man he showed courage when others were cowards as they spied the land.
But at the age of 80, he may had become too dependent of Moses’ leadership.
Transition Times
Transition Times
Some of you are going thru big changes. That’s always scary.
Even for a man like Joshua, with all the experience of the years and with the wisdom that he got from Moses. He still was afraid of the changes that were coming upon his life.
He needed it something bigger that his old master Moses or even his own experience. Only one reality would give him the courage to continue.
After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.
New Leadership
New Leadership
Today we call them influencers.
An influencer moves your emotions
A leader changes your character
An influencer relates with you thru the screen
A leader struggles with you with a personal relationship
An influencer is concern in increasing his influence
A leader is concern about the well being of his people, even when the people complains.
We christians are called to become leaders to a broken world, so like Joshua we need to be strong and brave!!
Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.
He solemnly promised
Relying on God for His promises don’t mean sit down and do nothing.
Relying on God for His promises don’t mean sit down and do nothing.
Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
after the imperatives suggests that strength and bravery will be necessary for obedience
How do we find strength and bravery in a world of cowards?
Illustration: online challenge of punching in the back old people because they had it to easy.
When somebody is bullied at your school
When somebody mocks your faith
How do we find strength and bravery?
Who promised
Who is with you
Who is your Father
We look at Him to recover our strength and courage
We look at Him thru what He has revealed
This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.
Spending time in Scripture will give you strength and courage because you will get to know Who is with you.
I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”
Following God could seem scary until you realized that is a privilege that is worth to give even your life.
Because of who is calling you
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