Joshua 14

 

“Both through His actions and His teachings, Jesus demonstrated that His followers should be fruitful and productive. He was unequivocating on this.           Bob Briner

 

Leadership Challenge No. 1: Courage                                                                        v. 7-8

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, 8but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.

 

1.         Courage is contagious .

 

2.         Courage is risk-taking .

 

3.         Courage is belief in action .

 

4.         Courage in the leader encourages others.

 

The greatest test on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

 

Leadership Challenge No. 2: Perspective .                                                                  v. 9-10

So on that day Moses swore to me, The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.

10Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty‑five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty‑five years old!

 

1.         What you are determines what you think .

 

2.         What you think determines what you are .

 

3.         Where you sit determines what you see .

 

4.         What you see determines what you get .

 

 

Leadership Challenge No. 3: Trust .                                                                                v. 11

AI am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.

 

Ten Qualities of the Steward Leader

 

1. Sincerity

2. Spirituality

3. Loyalty

4. Empathy

5. Fervency

6. Flexibility

7. Generosity

8. Proximity

9. Stability

10. Humility

 

 

 

IT TAKES CHARACTER TO LEAD

 

The main ingredient of good leadership is good character. This is because leadership involves conduct, and conduct is determined by values. You may call these values by many names, ethics, morality, and integrity come to mind, but this much is clear: Values are what make us what we are.

                                                  General H. Norman Schwarzkoph

 

 

Leadership Challenge No. 4: Discipline .                                                                           v. 12

Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.

 

1.         The challenge of criticism .

 

2.         The challenge of giants .

 

3.         The challenge of personal growth .

 

Leadership Challenge No. 5: Passion .                                                                             v. 13

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

 

1.         Followers need passionate leaders .

 

2.         Passion is the birthplace of vision .

 

3.         Passion turns dreamers into doers .

 

4.         Passion ensures resolve .

 

People don’t drift into commitment; they drift into complacency.

                                                                    Bill Hybels