Message Notes

YAG 12th  RETREAT
Session #2
Friday, 5 November 2010
Theme: “Spiritual Leadership I ”

E. THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF MOSES AS A SPIRITUAL LEADER
1. God takes the initiative

Moses, Moses…

Exodus 3:4c

a) He always does

b) He seeks to commence a relationship with the individual

c) He seeks to establish His role in this relationship

d) The challenge of the spiritual leader

i) To know the calling of the Lord

ii) To make an appropriate response

2. God’s Purpose of revealing Himself

a) To make Himself known

b) To impact the individual

c) To correct wrong understanding

d) To feed the individual

e) To train the individual to become a spiritual leader

f) Challenge to the spiritual leader

i) To learn

ii) To comprehend

iii) To remember (lots of work)

iv) To be impacted

v) To change

vi) To demonstrate the changes

vii) To lead with a changed heart/mind/spirit

3. Vital aspects of truth about God that need to be established

a) “Do not draw near this place…”          Exodus 3:5a (OT)

i) Addressing the problem of Casualness

ii) Dealing with the problem of Idle Curiosity

iii) Dealing with the problem of having little or no sense of the sacred

b) “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”          Exodus 3:5b

i) Sense of holiness of God

ii) Concept of sacredness

iii) Needed humility before God

iv) Reverence of God

v) Fear of God

c) Challenge to the spiritual leader

i) Humility

ii) Awe

iii) Unworthiness (versus… promotion of self)

iv) Example of Isaiah

Woe is me, for I am undone…

Isaiah 6:5

v) Example of Jeremiah

Behold, I cannot speak…

Jeremiah 1:6

4. God’s Revelation of Himself

I am the God of your father- the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Exodus 3:6a

And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 3:6b

a) Eternal (from antiquity)

b) Historical

c) Spiritual

d) Personal

e) Challenge to the spiritual leader

i) To establish a personal relationship with God

ii) To appreciate a deeper level of understanding of God