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Leading Wherever You Are
JOSHUA
WEEK 1
JOSHUA 1–4
WEEK 1
DAY 1
Read
Exodus 17:8-16
Do you hate waiting as much as I do? It feels like such a waste of time, right? We’re ready to get
out there, to do big things! Maybe you’re currently leading a small crew instead of the amazing
team you’d like to have, or perhaps the only one you’re leading is currently spitting up on your
shoulder. But this is the first and most important lesson of leadership: We must hand our plans
back over to Christ to care and handle and remember that it is God that is the ultimate Leader. His
timing is perfect timing, and He has a purpose in the wait: He is forming our character and making
us ready for whatever He’s leading us into. His goal is not for us to move into leadership quickly,
but rather for our heart, character, and circumstances to be aligned with His will.
We see this clearly in Joshua’s life: God spent many years preparing him for leadership. The
reason? Preparation of vital because the quality of the leader affects the quality of all generations
that follow.
The first time we hear of Joshua is in Exodus 17.
Read Exodus 17:8-16 and rewrite the story in your own words:
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Moses obviously knows Joshua well. In fact, Moses trusts the younger man’s wisdom and
discernment so much that he tasks Joshua with selecting warriors for battle against the Amalekites.
But there’s so much backstory missing here! How did Moses and Joshua first meet? How, out of
all the men rescued from slavery in Egypt, did Joshua emerge as one of Moses’s right-hand men?
Did God nudge Moses and whisper, “I have great plans for that one” or “Hey, see that guy Josh?
Take him under your wing”?
For whatever reason, we’re not told those early hows and whys. But what God did decide to
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