3-11-15. Exodus 17:8-13. Trust God and Trust The People Whom God Chooses-my devotional
Exodus 17:8-13. Trust God and Trust The People Whom God Chooses-my devotional
Exodus 17:8-13 Kevin E. Jesmer
Key verse 17:9 3-11-15
“Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
Exodus 17: 8-13, “The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.” 10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.” (NIV)
I can see some teachings on leadership and teamwork here. Moses took the lead by delegating some of the responsibilities. He gave the order to ask Joshua to choose some men to go and fight. He entrusted the task to Joshua. He trusted Joshua’s decision on whom to choose. He took along his elder team. He trusted God, Joshua and the fighting men, that they would do their best on the battlefield. Then Moses committed himself to do what God called him to do, to stand at the top of the hill to pray and to inspire. Spiritual leaders need to delegate. They need to entrust the mission to others. They need to garner the support of their elder team. They need to trust God that God will help those who are called to stand up in their role.
How hard it is to trust other people when it comes to leadership. As leaders we want to delegate leadership and at the same time we don’t trust those who Christ has raised up to lead. We want to groom the leadership candidates endlessly to make sure they will consistently keep the vision of the founding fathers, and the framework. The grooming process may take 30 years or more. (Sometimes it never happens.) But leaders need to pray and find God’s choice and trust God’s choice. They need to trust the third generation leaders that the second generation leaders have chosen. Then the leaders, along with the elders, need to work together to serve in ways that support and inspire. May God raise up Christian leaders like this, who can fight the spiritual battle along side the new generation of followers of Jesus.
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