[Mondeor] Sunday Evening Service - Joshua and dealing with passivity

[Bernd Faulhammer]

Dear Friends 

 

On Sunday evening we will be looking at the life of the Old Testament
character Joshua, and what it has to teach us: namely that of overcoming
passivity, procrastination, and the fear of failure.  

 

Often, and especially as men, we have a tendency to be very passive and we
may even hide this passivity and procrastination under the banner of
spirituality, such as "we are resting in the Lord" or "waiting on him" (not
wrong attitudes in themselves). But we can always be doing that, so that
this is no longer "a waiting on the Lord" but really a pattern of passivity
or timidity which has led to us refusing to take action or control of our
lives because we have felt safe in this place of passivity. 

 

This applies equally to many women. They may feel that they are like a wall
flower and that they don't have a voice and that they in fact shouldn't
assert themselves because this isn't spiritual behavior, but God equally
wants to set women free in these areas of their lives, not in the negative
spirit of feminism but through the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. 

 

The Lord said to both Adam and Eve together, "be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
(Genesis 1: 28). They were not be passive but to take action as he spoke to
them and encouraged them.  

 

So do come and join us at 6h00 pm on Sunday evening. This will not be a word
of discouragement but one of hope and encouragement as we see how God worked
with a very human Joshua and taught him to be "strong in the Lord." 

 

Blessings on the way

 

Pastor Bernard

 

 

   

 

 

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