Wednesday – History

Reading – Joshua 7-9

Highlight Verse:

“But the Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?”
‭‭Joshua‬ ‭7‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

I can’t stand whining.

Apparently, God doesn’t like it either.

To me, verses 10 through 15 read something like, “Quit your whining and do something about it. Find out what went wrong and fix it.”

As I don’t want to do a deep dive into the cultural context here, I won’t comment on the punishment to the one who brought about Israel’s defeat.

Instead, I refer you to almost every leadership training I’ve taken. One common lesson was – if you want to complain about a problem, you better not say anything about it until you have a solution to the problem in mind.

Yes, I know that sometimes people just need to blow off some steam.

But if you want to lead, you need to back up verbal leadership with positive action.

Are you in the middle of a whine worthy situation?
Have you thought of solutions to that situation?
Have you voiced those solutions?