FOCUSED INFLUENTIAL PERSON 1 JOSHUA Lesson One Joshua

FOCUSED & INFLUENTIAL PERSON #1: JOSHUA Lesson One: Joshua did not let short-term victories deter him from his long-range objectives. Second, Joshua took no shortcuts, but in a logical, step-by-step progression, he pursued the campaign Third, Joshua did not allow his early errors to unsettle or defeat him.

Fourth, Joshua obeyed completely (11: 15). “As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. ” Fifth, Joshua allowed God to be God. “Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. ” FOCUSED & INFLUENCIAL PERSON #2 – Caleb

And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said. ” Joshua 14: 10 -12

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. - 2 Tim 4: 7 Here are three principles to remember if you want to live with focus & finish well. 1. Age has little to do with what you can do and has nothing to do with commitment. 2. Living with focus requires an attitude that we develop when we are younger. 3. Living with focus requires concentrating on God not the Giants.

“vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles. ” Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb. 12: 1 -2

Not let short-term successes deter us from the longrange goal We must resist shortcuts and move forward We must not let mistakes derail or defeat us We must strive to obey God completely We must let God be God & desire that He call shots! We must finish strong – We must live in Focus!