Exodus 18
We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 10 We Must Learn to Walk Out the Principles of Source and Resource!!!!
Witness establish throughout the Bible: H6965 quwm--to confirm, ratify, impose, to cause to stand, set, station, establish
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up H6965 against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. H6965
Torah: Genesis 6:18, 9:9, 9:17, 17:19; Exodus 6:4; Deuteronomy 8:18
Prophets: 1 Samuel 24:20, 2 Samuel 7:12, 7:25; Ezekiel 16:62
Writings: 1 Kings 9:5; 1 Chronicles 17:11; Psalm 40:2, 78:5, 15:22
Job 22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established H6965 unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
In our story from chapter one, something happened to cause the young lion to be separated from his fellow lions so that he was no longer in touch with his true self and believed that he was a sheep. Perhaps he was abandoned or left behind and then found by the farmer. In one way or another, he lost connection with the forest and found himself in an unnatural environment. Eventually, he came to accept his new surroundings as normal. Likewise, we are living in an unnatural state. We have lost connection with our true selves and no longer have the mind-set that goes with our inherent leadership nature. How did this disconnect occur? A thing consists of the same material from which it came and must remain attached to its source in order to live and maximize its potential.
A brief review of creation and nature will reveal the truth of this principle for all living things. Everything the Creator made needs to remain connected to where it came from in order to fulfill its original purpose. For example, in the first book by Moses, we read, “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food.” The Creator made the trees from the soil, and they have to be connected to the soil or else they will die.
Let’s look at a related example: The Creator said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life.” Fish and other sea creatures were created out of the waters, and that is why they need to stay in water in order to live.
THE SOURCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
The most important application of this principle, however, is in relation to the creation of mankind. Let’s consider again the origin of human beings to discover the nature of our connection with our Source. If you take a close look at the creation narrative, you will note that the Creator spoke to the material from which he desired the product to be made or created, and then out of the source material came the product.
As I noted earlier, when the Creator wanted vegetation, he spoke to the soil, and thus all vegetation originated from the soil, consists of elements in the soil, and must remain attached to the soil in order to live and be fruitful. The same principle is true of all living creatures. They all originated from the soil, consist of elements in the soil, and must be maintained by the soil. They, also, return to their source when they die. However, when the Creator made the human species, remember that he did something unique and special: He did not speak to the soil, the water, or the atmosphere, but he spoke to himself.
This fact is most critical for understanding the nature, composition, value, and worth of the human spirit. In fact, to produce the human being, the Creator actually used two processes. First, he said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” When he made man, he essentially drew man out of himself, so that the essence of man would be just like him. Just as God is Spirit, he made humans to be spirits. Spirits, by nature, have no gender.
It is important to note that, in the Scriptures, there is no reference to a male or female spirit. This is because man, as an entity, does not have a spirit but rather is a spirit. The being that the Creator made in his image is much more than a physical being.
We can think of the distinction in this way: God created man, but he made male and female. The word for “created” is bara, and it means to form out of nothing.25 The words “formed” and “made” are the Hebrew words asah and banah, and they mean to mold and build26—in this context, to mold and build out of something that is already there.
Man was not created from matter; man came out of the Spirit of the Creator. The part of man that was made from “nothing” came out of God. The Creator just spoke him into existence, similar to the way in which He spoke, “‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Yet when God made male and female, He used material from the physical world that He had already created. Humanity was given physical bodies in order to live and function in a physical world and to rule over it.
The original source of the spirit-man is the Creator, while the original source of our physical bodies is the dust of the earth. This is why our bodies eventually turn to dust when they die, while our spirits return to the Father of our spirits.
Calling something a name other than one that connects it to its source doesn’t negate what it intrinsically is—but it may limit its potential and usefulness in some way. That’s why labeling people can be such a harmful thing. Our labeling dictates and controls our attitudes toward and our treatment of others. What is even more potentially damaging is that the people to whom we speak may internalize our labels, and this will limit their belief in their intrinsic potential and value.
The only way for a person to know his true nature, then, is to go back and reconnect to his Source and see what he is made of. The essence of a human being is the spirit, not the body, so he has to go back to the Spirit out of whom he was drawn.
Again, any time you detach something from its source, things go wrong—it either malfunctions or it dies—because source provides all the following things:
Identity
Purpose
Concept
Worth
Value
Protection
Maintenance
Preservation
Productivity
Meaning
Life
The so-called fall of mankind was the disconnection of man from his source of creation—God—and the results were devastating. Human beings lost their sense of identity, self-worth, and self-concept, as well as their sense of personal value and significance to themselves, their world, and the universe.
Basically, man lost the knowledge of who he is, where he came from, what he is capable of, where he is going, and why he exists.
We were cut off from our original purpose; therefore, we function far below our true abilities and potential, we lack the knowledge and wisdom necessary for making good decisions, and we suffer as the victims of our limited human knowledge and perspectives:
• We don’t know who we are because we don’t know from whom we come.
• We don’t know the meaning of life because we’re cut off from our original purpose.
• We can’t be fully productive because we don’t know where our ability and strength come from.
• We lack knowledge and wisdom for making good choices because we believe whatever seems right to our limited perspectives.
• We become fearful, apathetic, or overly competitive because we’re trying to survive in an increasingly unnatural environment.
• We latch onto substitutes for the true Source in an effort to find significance and peace.
When you declare independence,
(1) you have to create your own identity, and
(2) you become responsible for your own destiny.
The problem is this: If you don’t have the resources for living independently— that is, if you don’t intrinsically have life in yourself— then your failure is inevitable. As the first man, Adam represented all of humanity. When he declared independence from his Source, he detached not only himself, but also all his future offspring, from true identity, purpose, protection, maintenance, preservation, productivity, meaning, and life.
The concept of death here is not referring to the physical termination of the body, for according to the biblical account of the great separation, Adam lived for hundreds of years after his act of rebellion. Rather, death refers to the severing of the relationship man had with his Creator-Source. It refers to the demise of man’s identity, sense of self-image, and self-worth. God was speaking of the spiritual death that comes from being cut off from our Source.
Loss Of The Leadership Spirit--chapter 5
CHAPTER PRINCIPLES
1. The “principle of source and resource” is that a product must be connected to its source for proper functioning.
Purpose
Concept
Worth
Value
Protection
Maintenance
Preservation
Productivity
Meaning
Life
The so-called fall of mankind was the disconnection of man from his source of creation—God—and the results were devastating. Human beings lost their sense of identity, self-worth, and self-concept, as well as their sense of personal value and significance to themselves, their world, and the universe.
Basically, man lost the knowledge of who he is, where he came from, what he is capable of, where he is going, and why he exists.
We were cut off from our original purpose; therefore, we function far below our true abilities and potential, we lack the knowledge and wisdom necessary for making good decisions, and we suffer as the victims of our limited human knowledge and perspectives:
• We don’t know who we are because we don’t know from whom we come.
• We don’t know the meaning of life because we’re cut off from our original purpose.
• We can’t be fully productive because we don’t know where our ability and strength come from.
• We lack knowledge and wisdom for making good choices because we believe whatever seems right to our limited perspectives.
• We become fearful, apathetic, or overly competitive because we’re trying to survive in an increasingly unnatural environment.
• We latch onto substitutes for the true Source in an effort to find significance and peace.
When you declare independence,
(1) you have to create your own identity, and
(2) you become responsible for your own destiny.
The problem is this: If you don’t have the resources for living independently— that is, if you don’t intrinsically have life in yourself— then your failure is inevitable. As the first man, Adam represented all of humanity. When he declared independence from his Source, he detached not only himself, but also all his future offspring, from true identity, purpose, protection, maintenance, preservation, productivity, meaning, and life.
The concept of death here is not referring to the physical termination of the body, for according to the biblical account of the great separation, Adam lived for hundreds of years after his act of rebellion. Rather, death refers to the severing of the relationship man had with his Creator-Source. It refers to the demise of man’s identity, sense of self-image, and self-worth. God was speaking of the spiritual death that comes from being cut off from our Source.
Loss Of The Leadership Spirit--chapter 5
CHAPTER PRINCIPLES
1. The “principle of source and resource” is that a product must be connected to its source for proper functioning.
2. When the Creator made various aspects of creation, he used just one process. Yet, when he made humanity, he...used two processes: he created man, but he made male and female.
3. The original Source of the spirit-man is the Spirit of the Creator, while the original source of our physical bodies is the ground.
4. The essence of both male and female is the resident spirit within them, called “man.”
5. Source is vital to the ongoing well-being of the offspring or product because it is the authority and sustainer of what it produces.
6. The only way for a person to know his true nature is to go back and reconnect to his Source and see what he is made of.
7. For the protection of humanity, the Creator established natural laws that corresponded with humanity’s nature and well-being. Yet instead of trusting that these parameters were established for its own good, humanity declared independence from its Source.
8. Any time you detach something from its source, things go wrong because source provides all the following things: identity, purpose, concept, worth, value, protection, maintenance, preservation, productivity, meaning, life.
9. When a human rebels against the laws established by the Creator, then death—the severing of the relationship man has with his Source—is the natural result.
10. When mankind was disconnected from his source of creation, the results were devastating. Human beings lost their sense of identity, self-worth, and self-concept, as well as their sense of personal value and significance to themselves, their world, and the universe. Basically, man lost the knowledge of who he is, where he came from, what he is capable of, where he is going, and why he exists.
11. If we are cut off from the Source of our leadership spirit—
when his Spirit has departed from our lives—we are also cut off from the attitude and power that should flow from our leadership nature.
12. The human spirit can never know its leadership nature—its purpose, ability, potential, and power—without reconnecting with its Source.
when his Spirit has departed from our lives—we are also cut off from the attitude and power that should flow from our leadership nature.
12. The human spirit can never know its leadership nature—its purpose, ability, potential, and power—without reconnecting with its Source.
Shema Selah let consider out Source and return to our origins with understanding!! Facebook LIVE video
No comments:
Post a Comment