December 3, 2008

Good day to you reader!  My prayer for you as I type this, is that you will be able to connect with God, and be drawn closer to Him today, through this is some way.

Please open in a word of prayer that the Holy Spirit would come and prepare you to hear from the Lord.

It has been a while since I have written, so let us do a recap of what we have learned thus far.  We have been looking at the life of Joshua, and discovering some of the things that made him a great leader before he was called by God.  We have learned to be an affective leader:
•    We need to depend on God.
•    We need to trust in God
•    We need to be obedient to God’s word
•    We need to seek God.

Before we read some scripture, let me give you a bit of background information.  Moses had been looking after the people for some time now, and it was starting to weigh him down.  So, his father-in-law, Jethro, suggested to him that he should share the load (Exodus 18).  He did so, but he ran into the same problem again later on.

Please read Numbers 11:16-30   http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers%2011:16-30&version=31

Now, there is a lot of neat things that go on here.  The quail story is pretty cool for sure, but I want to focus on Moses and the elders’ selection.  God places His Spirit on these elders to empower them to do the work, and they prophecy (appointed to speak on God’s behalf).  And Joshua is about to learn a lesson that took Moses a long time to learn:

You cannot do it on your own.

Moses finally realized that it is not good for himself to micromanage (do it alone).  Joshua thought that Moses had to do it all.  He was wrong.  Now, we need to remember that we don’t need to wait for the Holy Spirit; He comes as soon as we accept Christ.  There is no special appointment necessary.  So, we, as Christians, are already equipped to do the work.  BUT, we can’t do it alone!

I’m sure Dr. Roy, or Dr. D would be able to vouch that EBC is not a one man operation.  And although we have assigned tasks, jobs and ministries to do, we are not alone. We have:
•    God
•    student council/committees
•    peers – each other

There is a reason that we are called the body of Christ, and that’s because, although we have different functions, we are all working for one unified purpose: to advance the Kingdom of Christ!  So let’s do our part, and remember not to do it alone.

By Jason Edgar