Category: Christian Leadership

Moses: Learning to Look Ahead

Moses’ life fell into three forty-year periods, marked by these key themes:

  1. Apart from God:  Moses was raised in Egypt as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter
  2. Questioning God’s Call:  Moses escaped to Midian after murdering an Egyptian (to defend an Israelite)
  3. Led God’s People:  Moses led the Exodus from Israel then in the wilderness

Can you relate to any of these phases?  What can you do to demonstrate confidence in God where are you are today?

Moses’ journey—especially in questioning God’s call—can be compared to that of Thomas Edison, the great inventor.  Edison once suffered a great loss when his labs in New Jersey were destroyed by a fire in 1914.  Walking through the rubble of what had once been his workplace, the 67-year-old said, “There is great value in disaster. All of our mistakes are burned up. Thank God, we can start anew.” Like Edison, Moses was given opportunity to start anew and he successfully completed the assignment God gave him.

The faith of Moses brings us to the place of enduring confidence in God through a difficult season or an entire lifetime.

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Lead Like Christ

As we celebrate Easter, we look to the cross and want to lead like Jesus Christ.  Former book summaries include both Boyd Bailey’s Learning to Lead Like Jesus: 11 Principles to Help You Serve, Inspire, and Equip Others (February 2020) and Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges’ Lead Like Jesus (January 2014).

Now, let’s turn to the 2021 book Lead Like Christ: Reflecting the Qualities and Character of Christ in Your Ministry by A.W. Tozer and James L. Snyder.  Tozer, who lived from 1897 until 1963, was a self-taught theologian, pastor, and writer whose powerful words continue to grip the intellect and stir the soul of today’s believer. He authored more than forty books. The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy are considered modern devotional classics.

Reverend James L. Snyder’s first book, The Life of A.W. Tozer: In Pursuit of God, won the Reader’s Choice Award in 1992 by Christianity Today. Because of his thorough knowledge of the theologian, Snyder was awarded rights from the A.W. Tozer estate to produce new books derived from over four hundred never-before-published audiotapes.

Snyder points out that this is not an inspirational book to help spiritual leaders feel good about themselves. Rather, it should be considered a workbook to empower men and women to be the kinds of leaders needed by the church today and drive them to their knees in absolute surrender.

The challenge Tozer gives is to follow the real Jesus—the Jesus of the New Testament—and be prepared to be treated like Christ was treated in His day.

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