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Discipleship Focus: Calling, Competency
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
- Competency: Being able to accomplish what one is called to do.
It is interesting to read through the stories of Moses and
Joshua. We think about Moses as the guy
that God called to get the Hebrew people into the Promised Land. But in reality, Moses just got the people to
the edge of the Promised Land. It was
Joshua who took them in. With respect to
Joshua, we think of Joshua as the guy who completed the conquest of the
Promised Land. In reality, the Promised
Land was continuing to be conquered all the way through David and Solomon!
This really helps us look at calling and competency. We know that Moses was called to lead the
people out of Egypt and bring them into the Promised Land. We know that Joshua was called to deliver the
Promised Land into the hands of the people.
What does it say about Moses and Joshua that they themselves didn’t see
their calling fully through to completion?
Actually, it says a lot about their competency. You see, they were competent to do what God
asked them to do. Sometimes we like to
evaluate people as to whether the job got finished or not. In reality, though, we should evaluate Joshua
and Moses by whether they were able to accomplish the job God actually asked
them to do. God doesn’t seem to mind
letting Joshua take over after Moses’ largely faithful service. God doesn’t seem to mind letting the leaders
after Joshua continue the conquest of the Promised Land.
God judges Moses and Joshua on the faithfulness of their service,
not solely based on the end product. I
think that is valuable to see as we consider topics like calling and
competency.
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