Leaders must hold onto the trustworthiness of God and His
promises. A leader must also point those
he leads toward the same hope in God and His promises. God is able to fulfill His promises and will
bring those things about in His perfect time.
This week’s study is about how to helping others to
hold onto hope in God in the midst of disappointment, in the midst of seeming
fruitlessness, seeming incongruities in life and ministry. We also must hold onto hope in the midst of
our personal failures which God allows to move us toward growth in trusting in
Him for everything. Whether we see it or
not, God is committed to fulfilling the Great Commission on your campus and in
your city. He is also committed to developing
your character as He works through you.
May we be as Caleb and Joshua in Numbers 13-14 when they
returned to Moses to give a report about the Promised Land (in response to the
doubt and pessimism of the rest of the scouting party):
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land…and they spoke to all the
congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good
land. If the Lord is
pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land
which flows with milk and honey. Only do not
rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey.
Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
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