Archive for July 6th, 2009
What are you doing to insure the generation that follows you has strong leadership? (77-1)
Without leaders the focus of individuals and teams quickly drifts or disappears. Joshua had a personal commitment to the unchanging standards God had given the people to live by, but within one generation after his death, the people abandoned the God of their fathers and worshiped the false gods of the surrounding nations. In spite of the established memorials to God’s work and the seven annual feasts, without the example and leadership and a strong central leader, the next generation was not raised in the training and instruction of the Lord. Read Judges 1 and 2.
Under the strong leadership of Joshua, Israel kept their covenant with God and completed their part of that covenant. Without a strong leader to hold them accountable, Israel’s conquest of Canaan was incomplete; God’s people disobeyed Him when they made covenants with the inhabitants of the land. Disobedience to God’s revealed word always causes regret in the long run.
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Tags: Accountability, Commitment, Focus, Future, Leadership