Mysterious Means
June 4, 2023Mysterious Means
Judges 6-8 CSB
Outline:
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. – John Maxwell
Judges 6.11-12
- Gideon: valiant warrior?
vv.14-16
- What excuses or hesitations keep us from taking steps forward?
- God does not ask your ability or inability. He asks only your availability. – Mary Kay Ash
Leadership Lesson 1: Start where you are
“…go in the strength you have.”
- Leading is about faith in ourselves. Leading is about faith in God.
- Your decisions today will be the starting point for others tomorrow.
vv.36-37
Leadership Lesson 2: God can accomplish more with less
Judges 7.2
v.7
- God’s math confounds our minds
Leadership Lesson 3: Success can become a snare
vv.17-18
Leadership Lesson 4: Finishing well requires faithfulness to the end
Judges 8.27
- Ephod: garment worn by the high priest to communicate with God and discern his will
vv.33-34
- A gap between giftedness and godliness…
- Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing.
- Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
à If not you, then who?