To lead after a great leader is one of the worst things that can happen to a leader.
It’d be one thing if the person before you was crappy–cause all you could do is go up! But a great leader? How do you fill such shoes?
That’s what Joshua had to deal with. He had to take over Moses’ job and lead Israel into the Promised Land.
Moses!
The man who led Israel out bondage and, with God’s help, overthrew the greatest nation at the time. The man who gave them a vision of a land flowing with milk and honey. The man who, with his staff, opened the Red Sea. The man who talked with God so much his face shined—and he didn’t even know it. God loved Moses so much that when people opposed him He defended him…and quickly!
Read more on my guest post at Jonathan Pearson
