Marks of Great Leadership
Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (NLT)
7 Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land. 8 Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (NLT)
Pastor’s Blog
General MacArthur, liberator of the Pacific in WWII, called Joshua the greatest leader who ever lived.
Yet in vs 7 and in numerous passages at the beginning of the book of Joshua, Joshua needed encouraged. At least 7 times he needed to be told to be strong and courageous. This means that if you have fears you’re not alone. Courage is not absence of fear, rather it’s being scared to death but saddling up anyway, at least that’s what John Wayne said (for those of you who are uneducated in the Hollywood Classics, John Wayne was an actor and has an airport named after him.)
“Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will go ahead of you”. Well, for me at least, fear never leaves before I act. It leaves only after I move on what I’m supposed to but am afraid to do and live to tell the tale.
Christians should have more courage than non Christians. You have the Lord paving the way before you.
What are you afraid to do? What leadership responsibility (no matter how small) do you fear? If the Lord calls you to it, he will lead the way. Loving God and O\obeying God are one in the same. And Perfect Love casts out fear.
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If I am doing something for the Lord, I step out on faith. I have found that when it is something in God's will, and for His glory, success is there. If it is not God's will, but for my own glory, that is when I am on shakey ground.
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