Will I Be Willing? A Question of Intent
Issue #211, July 12, 2017 God answered all of Moses’ questions and objections. Still, Moses is not willing to lead! But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. […]
Will I Be Able? A Question of Impact
Issue #210, June 28, 2017 Even after God answers the first three questions, Moses is not willing to go. Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” The LORD said to him, […]
Will Others Follow? A Question of Influence
Issue #209, June 14, 2017 Moses’ first two questions were about identity: his own identity, and God’s identity. His next question was about leadership. “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?” (Exodus 4:1). Moses wanted to know if others would follow. How […]
Who Are You? A Question of Intimacy
Issue #208, May 31, 2017 The first question Moses asked God was a question of his own identity. He needed to know who he was as a leader. We saw in the last issue that God answered Moses’ question, “Who am I?” with “I am with you” (Exodus 3:12). For servant leaders, the key to […]
Who Am I? A Question of Identity
Issue #207, May 17, 2017 Moses had a life-changing encounter with God who appeared to him in the burning bush. God called Moses to become a leader and to bring the people out of slavery. “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt" (Exodus 3:10). […]
A Sense of Timing: A Time to Quit
Issue #202, March 8, 2017 Leaders never quit, right? Wrong! Great leaders know when it’s time to persevere but they also know that there is a time to quit! Moses learned this lesson from his father-in-law. The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him […]
Profiles in Bold Humility: Moses
Issue #118, November 13, 2013 Humility is often seen as a sign of weakness. But Moses is an example of a servant leader who demonstrates that humility can be bold. He is described as “more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:3). At the same time he was a bold […]
Quality Assurance: Not Violent but Gentle
Issue #106, May 22, 2013 Paul next turns his attention to a heart issue of great importance to all leaders, “not violent but gentle.” (1Tim 3:3) In that short phrase, Paul radically redefines what it means to lead. Most cultures honor military heroes, warriors who destroy all opposition by force and we honor those who […]
Moses: Leaving a Legacy
Issue #64, September 7, 2011 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has said to me, 'You shall not cross the Jordan.' The LORD your God himself will cross over ahead […]
Moses: The Great Communicator
Issue #63, August 24, 2011 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them. (Deuteronomy 1:3) After 40 years of leading the people in the wilderness, Moses nears the end of his leadership journey. Because of his sin, […]