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Leading Wherever You Are
JOSHUA
can step out with confidence.
Write about a time when you were frightened or apprehensive about doing something new, and
yet you did it anyway. What did God teach you in that time?
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Joshua knew his why: to follow God and lead His people into the promised land. How do you think
this understanding equipped Joshua to move forward in his calling, even though he was a bit
scared?
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Often God equips us to move through our fear by giving us the direction for what it looks like
to move into our why. We see that in Joshua 1: God did more than simply seek to reassure the new
leader of the Israelites; He also gave him marching orders, six direct conditions for his success.
I love when someone tells me a + b = c, don’t you? Some of the stress and mystery goes away
when I’m told that doing something will likely cause a specific other-thing to happen. For example,
when I was in sales and learned that it took six to eight touch points to generate a viable prospect,
I felt less pressure over not closing after one or two meetings.
The amazing thing, though, is that God doesn’t give Joshua a strategy that might improve his
chances of success—He lays out six things that will equal success. If Joshua does what God says,
he will attain what he’s set out to accomplish.
Let’s dig in a bit more into what God told Joshua in Joshua 1:1-9. What are the six directives
given by God to ensure successfully taking the land of Canaan?
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