Fw: Leadership

Team:

Here is another Great Example of Leadership by upcoming Star Quarterback Joshua.

Here the Coach calls a play that is very unorthodox. Joshua follows the orders of the coach and executes the play.

Sometimes we can't understand why we have to follow the Playbook (Bible). Many times the Playbook seems unreasonable. We say things like:

"Everyone else is participating in it. Why can't I?

"None of my friends go to Bible Studies. Why should I?

Jesus said, "For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life,and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:13,14).

Joshua didn't know why God called this play but he Trusted God's Playbook not his own. This Is Great Leadership.

Now - Just Go - Win the Day!

Rick
Phil 4:13
http://huddle360.blogspot.com

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from Day by Day with the Persecuted Church, 

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.  (Hebrews 11:30)
Joshua
After Joshua's voluntary surrender of his leadership to the commander of the army of the Lord, some more strange orders followed. "March around the city." "Make seven priests carry trumpets in front of the Ark." "Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout."
Very unusual military commands. An army does not show itself to the enemy. You don't ask the chaplains to walk in the front lines, waving their Bibles.
It seemed so illogical, unprofessional, and unmilitary. God's way of doing things often seems unreasonable.
Joshua had to learn that this was not going to be his war, done in his way, but God's war, done in God's way. He responded with an unquestioning obedience.
Faith expressed in obedience to God's Word is always the key to victory. And victory came because Joshua and his people fully trusted God.
When you face a "Jericho" in your life, you too may see the walls tumble down as you trust in God and in His way of handling a crisis situation.
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Day by Day with the Persecuted Church compiled by Jan Pit with a forward by Brother Andrew (paperback, revised 2000)