Burning Question:
It’s National Boss/Employee Exchange Day! What is one thing you wish your boss knew about your job that they probably don’t?
Morning Devotional:
I found something intriguing about leadership in the Word recently.
In Exodus chapter 33, Moses meets with the Lord in the tent of meeting. In verse 11, it says, “The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.”
I sat with that verse for a while and asked some questions. Why did Moses take Joshua with him to the tent? And why did Moses appear to come and go from the tent, but Joshua never seemed to leave it?
Not only does the passage say that Joshua stayed in the tent, but scripture says he refused to leave it. Could it be that this time in the presence of God was Joshua’s on-the-job training for his coming leadership position? I think so. I have to believe something happened in that tent time that forged Joshua into who he needed to be in his next ministry position. Moses, shortly before his death, would commission his young protege to lead the people into the Promised Land.
Joshua would prove to be a godly leader, modeling patience, wisdom, humble service, an unwavering trust in God and a deep devotion to Him. These are all things that would have been fostered in that sacred time in the tent with the Lord. Something tells me we all should be spending a little more tent time with God.
– Beth
Bible Quiz:
Question: What is the name of the well that Abraham and Abimelek quarreled over?
Answer: Beersheba (Genesis 21:25)
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