Friday, January 21, 2011

Will you lead in fear or in faith this year?


You know the story. As the the children of Israel were getting ready to enter the Promised Land, Moses sent out 12 spies to check it out. Ten of the spies came back and said that conquering the Promised Land would be too tough. Two of the spies looked at the land through eyes of faith and said they could conquer the land with God’s help. But the children of Israel believed the first set of spies and their pessimistic outlook.

God gave them a test, one that they failed miserably. Instead of making it into the Promised Land, they spent years wandering around the desert. As pastors, we don’t want to fail that kind of test. Because these ten leaders chose to look through eyes of fear, they lost an opportunity that God had prepared for them. They delayed their destiny for another 40 years.

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