As I have said before, I love the book of Joshua. Joshua to me is one of the best examples of how to be a leader in the Bible. Chapter 19 spells out where the lands were given. In the end there is Joshua, the leader of the people. Joshua patiently waits until everyone is taken care of. When they are all taken care of, he then speaks up and takes his land. How backwards would that be in today’s society?
We live in a society that tells the leader to get his first and that everyone else will get theirs’. Joshua shares a great lesson for us. Joshua is never worried about if he is going to be taken care of, he simply makes sure that everyone else is taken care of and then he too is taken care of. I think today we have to take a Joshua attitude.
Imagine if we for a week took a Joshua mentality. What if for a week, you let the person behind you go in front of you in the line at the grocery store? You let the other person leave work early? You held the door for a few extra people? Graciously let that person jump in front of you on 377? It is a foreign idea in our society, but for one week, what if we took Joshua’s mentality and put others in front of ourselves. My prayer for us today is that God will present opportunities for us to have Joshua moments.
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