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[cimi]

August 6
Wednesday


THE APPRENTICE

READ:
Joshua 1:1-7
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As I was with Moses,
so I will be with you.
__Joshua 1:5
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When some employers were asked what makes a good apprentice, they responded that they seek to hire "someone who wants to learn."

In the Bible, a good example of an apprentice is Joshua. We remember Joshua for marching around the wall of Jericho. He also had some important responsibilities as a spy (Nu. 13:16) and as a warrior (Ex 17:10). But he was often in the shadow of someone else__Moses. For 40 years, Joshua served as Moses' assistant, aide, and apprentice (Ex. 24:13).

God takes His own time to prepare us for service. Sometimes that period of waiting is as valuable as learning all the needed strategies and goals. Joshua observed Moses' faith in God. He learned what it meant to be humble (Num. 12:3), how to take instruction (Ex. 17:10), and how to be a true servant of God (Josh. 1:1; 24:29). Even a display of Moses' temper (Num. 20:7-12) was an opportunity to watch and learn. By spending time with Moses, Joshua learned things that couldn't be learned from a book.

Joshua's own time to lead was coming. And when it came, he was able to trust God's promise to him: "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you" (Josh. 1:5). __Cindy Hess Kasper
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``````````````````People who become great leaders```````````````
``````````````````````Sometimes need to learn``````````````````
````````````````````How to serve and follow others__`````````````
``````````````````Then they'll get their turn. __Sper``````````````
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A person who is not willing to follow
is not prepared to lead.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Joshua 1:1-7************

1 After the death of Moses
the servant of the LORD, it
came to pass that the LORD
spoke to Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' assistant,
saying: 2 "Moses My
servant is dead. Now
therefore, arise, go over this
Jordan, you and all this
people, to the land which I
am giving to them__the
children of Israel. 3 Every
place that the sole of your
foot will tread upon I have
given you, as I said to
Moses. 4 From the
wilderness and this
Lebanon as far as the great
river, the River Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites,
and to the Great Sea toward
the going down of the sun,
shall be your territory. 5 No
man shall be able to stand
before you all the days of
your life; as I was with
Moses, so I will be with
you. I will not leave you
nor forsake you.

6 "Be strong and of good
courage, for to this people
you shall divide as an
inheritance the land which I
swore to their fathers to
give them. 7 Only be strong
and very courageous, that
you may observe to do
according to all the law
which Moses My servant
commanded you; do not
turn from it to the right
hand or to the left, that
you may prosper wherever
you go."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

According to Easton Bible Dictionary, Joshua means "Jehovah is
his help, or Jehovah the Saviour." He was "the son of Nun, of the
tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel....
[Joshua] was born in Egypt, and was probably of the age of
Caleb... He became Moses' minister or servant and accompanied
him part of the way when he ascended Mount Sinai to receive the
two tables (Ex. 32:17)." __Bill Crowder

[lizzie]

Amen sister cimi

Our Lord, who is Creator of all things, became servant to mere humans, to show us that we must also have a servant's heart to do His Will.

God bless u cimi
Miss u sis