God’s Leadership
Boot Camp
Part V
Deuteronomy 3:21-28
Deuteronomy 31:1-8
Deuteronomy 34:9
Joshua has been going through a rather
intensive leadership training course.
• We have seen him grow in his relationship to the
Master
• Growing in his understanding of who and what
God is
• Growing in his faith and love for his Lord
• And finally growing in his commitment to
obedience
• As a result of that commitment he is growing in
his spiritual strength
• And there is a direct and proportional
relationship between the two
A Map of Palestine at the Time of the Conquest
The Rock at Mt. Sinai
The Path of the Water
God Gave Moses
Three Directives
• Charge Joshua,
• Encourage Joshua, and
• Strengthen Joshua
Understanding the Words
• Charge – hWc tsavah {tsaw-vaw'}
• Meaning: 1) to command, charge, give orders,
lay charge, give charge to, order 1a) (Piel) 1a1)
to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give
command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to
give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge,
command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to
charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint,
ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be
commanded
• Grammar: Piel stem, imperative mood
Understanding the Words
• Encourage –
qz:x'
chazaq {khaw-zak'}
• Meaning: 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong,
be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to
be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm,
be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout,
grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2)
to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength,
give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make
strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid,
make hard 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make strong, strengthen 1c2) to make
firm 1c3) to display strength 1c4) to make severe 1c5) to support 1c6) to
repair 1c7) to prevail, prevail upon 1c8) to have or take or keep hold of,
retain, hold up, sustain, support 1c9) to hold, contain 1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to strengthen oneself 1d2) to put forth strength, use one's strength
1d3) to withstand 1d4) to hold strongly with
• Grammar: Piel, imperative
Understanding the Words
Strengthen – #m;a' 'amats {aw-mats'}
•
• Meaning: 1) to be strong, alert, courageous,
brave, stout, bold, solid, hard 1a) (Qal) to be
strong, brave, bold 1b) (Piel) to strengthen,
secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm,
make obstinate, assure 1c) (Hithpael) to be
determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen
oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove
superior to 1d) (Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be
strong, feel strong
• Grammar: Piel, imperative
Lessons in Leadership
• God fights on behalf of His people,
when they commit to Him fully
• God can embolden and strengthen you
Lessons in Leadership
• God’s leader needs to be strong
and courageous
• We must seek strength and courage
from God
• God promises to never cause His
people to fail or to ever abandon
them
Strengthen Yourself
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look
about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely
I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous
right hand. For I know the plans that I have for you,'
declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for calamity
to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon
Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me
with all your heart. For the eyes of the LORD move to
and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly
support those whose heart is completely His. Do you not
know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the
LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not
become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable
Strengthen Yourself
29
He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks
might He increases power. 30 Though youths grow weary
and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, 31 Yet
those who wait upon the LORD Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run
and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses
surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance
and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run
with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our
eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for
the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God. 3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility
by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow
weary and lose heart.