Lesson 2 Q4: A Young Leader | InVerse Sabbath School Lesson Study | 2025

   / @whisperinghope2u   Elder Kyle Phillip, David McPherson, Samuel Sylvester A Young Leader In today's world of instant celebrity status and overnight success stories Joshua offers a powerful counter-narrative about careful, diligent, leadership development. The book of Joshua opens with the Israelites camped on the borders of Canaan, ready to receive the land God promised to give to Abraham’s family. All the events in the nation’s history pointed toward this critical moment, when the Israelites would conquer the inhabitants of Canaan and finally occupy the land God was giving them. The responsibility of leading the children of Israel rested on a man named Joshua. The Israelites knew him well. For the past forty years, Joshua had been Moses’ closest assistant. He alone had the privilege of accompanying Moses on Mount Sinai when God gave instructions on how to build the tabernacle and conduct its services (Exod. 24:13). No one else had the same close-up view of the responsibilities Moses carried. Throughout the years of wandering in the wilderness, Joshua saw it all. He experienced the ups and downs of leadership with all its challenges, disappointments, victories, and surprises. Within months of leaving Egypt, even while Moses was still a new leader himself, his successor was already being prepared. Joshua was mentored and discipled by Moses for forty years before God called him to be the leader of Israel. The story of Joshua reminds us that wise leaders take time to train people to take their places. Today, we need pastors, elders, and leaders of all kinds who will invest in mentoring the next generation just as Moses did with Joshua. Please note no copyright infringement is intended; and we do not own or claim to own any of the original recordings in this Video. Feel Free to email me: [email protected] You can WhatsApp: 1-268-464 7508