01_18_26_#29_Joshua 2:1-16_An Unlikely Helper_90 Days

{ILS} The NFL Draft {2 slides} {4}

• 200+ players, 32 teams, 7 rounds, 3 days

• The future of the organization & of the team staff on 7 picks

• Metrics humans use to judge the capabilities of others - {5} often wrong

• • On the screen is a banner when Tom Brady was drafted #199

  • No one knew what he was capable of, until he got an opportunity

{MPT} {10} Opportunity - one of the rarest things on this earth - humans beg

• Joshua taking leadership of an entire nation

• • Moses and the nation had severe ups and downs - but all we knew

• {11} Two spies sent across the river to be the eyes and ears of our operation

• • Previous scouts sent out by Moses said it was hopeless

• {12} Rahab in the land across the river

• • Sitting at the intersection of powerful enemies set to kill each other

{MPT} {16} Respect, Fear, and Terror - leaders always choose one

• Respect - to hold another in high regard - worth, feelings, boundaries

• Fear - responding to a known or perceived threat

• Terror is an extreme, overwhelming form of fear often paralyzing or shocking, stemming from an intense sense of dread or impending doom where the threat feels uncontrollable or incomprehensible

• This King, of Jericho, oldest on earth - accustomed to dealing out terror

{MPT} Belief - 3 days of hiding, wondering, questioning in a hostile land {19}

• Belief in God

• Belief in Yourself

• Belief in Others

• Do you think Rahab’s family thought she would be the reason they lived?

• • Far beyond that day, She is tied to the lineage of Jesus