TUESDAY 14 MAY, 2013
LEADERSHIP IN TRIAL
MEMORY VERSE
Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the
things which he suffered.
Hebrews 5:8
READ
Hebrews 5:8-9
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he
suffered;
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto
all them that obey him;
MESSAGE
In Genesis
39:20-23, because of God's favour on Joseph, he earned the trust of the chief
warder at an unprecedented level. This indicates that if people find it
difficult to trust you, there is either an absence of divine favour on your
life or you have shown yourself to be untrustworthy. Who will appoint a chronic
womaniser as leader of youths? May you grow in God's favour in Jesus name.
Another benefit of
divine favour is that favour gives you a place of leadership even in your
wilderness experience. If you take a look at the life of Joseph, you will find
that the leadership qualities in him were bottled up while he was at home, but
as soon as he was sold into slavery and got to Portipar's house, he began to
express them. Same with when he got to the prison. This tells us that for some
children of destiny, God will sharpen their leadership skills in the place of
trials. While Joseph was with Portiphar, he was put in charge of Portiphar's
household. He did it so well that God needed a fairly bigger place to train
him. And when He saw that the prison was an ideal place for this, the Lord
allowed what happened to happen. His master did not even ask Joseph to give his
side of the story; the next thing was that he landed in prison. Joseph thought
he was going from frying pan to fire but God thought otherwise; God was taking
him from managing the household of an officer to managing several delinquents from
the society. When he was through with this, God moved him from prison to the
throne where he would manage the household of the king, of all the top leaders
in the kingdom, and the various households in Egypt, as well as households of
other nations. Beloved, what determines the type of training and trial you go
through in life is where God is taking you. Know that your trial is truly a
destiny outcry. Never look down on what you go through during a trial of faith.
It is for your good. Even Jesus went through suffering because He needed to
learn obedience. Every trial of faith is for a definite purpose. Find out and
key into it with joy.
KEY POINT
According to James
1:2-4, trials of faith should be received with joy because they are meant for
our overall well-being. How do you receive them?
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God sharpens our Leadership skills by Trials...Word
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