So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.
Joshua 11:9,15 (NKJV)
We can learn several lessons about the hallmarks of great leaders from the life of Joshua:
- To have success and victory as a leader we must believe God
Joshua had much success as a leader because he believed every word of God. To believe God is to have confidence in what He says. When you believe God He will establish you:
Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
2 Chronicles 20:20 (KJV)
- To have success as a leader we must obey God
Joshua obeyed and did all that God told him to do. Likewise if we want to have success we too must learn to overcome our fears of ‘what if’, and do what God has told us to do.
- To have success and victory we must obey those God has put in charge of us
Joshua did all that Moses, the man of God, had commanded him to do as if it was God that told him to do it. Likewise if we want success we too must learn to obey those that God has put in charge of us. We are exhorted to:
Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.
Hebrews 13:17 (NLT)
Prayer
Dear Lord, please give me an obedient heart to obey You in everything I do in Jesus name, amen.
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