Joshua 1:16-18 (KJV)
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

It is the order of things that leadership changes. No matter how strong a leader is, how secure his title, how good a leader he may be or how much the people may wish he might stay in power, we live only so long. Age gets us all.

And so Moses was dead. Joshua had been prepared for the job and was now installed. The people agreed to follow him wholeheartedly. They only asked two things of him:

• That the Lord be with him and
• That he be strong and of good courage

Any group of followers have a right to ask these of their authorities:

Be strong and of good courage
No leader is perfect. We can’t ask that of them. But we can expect them to be prepared, confident and decisive.

Be right with God
Though this expectation has lost value in recent years it shouldn’t have. We know our leaders can’t be perfect. That’s why we depend upon them to be blessed of God.

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Joshua 1:16-18 (KJV) What We Expect of our Leaders

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