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Excerpted from: Joshua's Four Miracles (Part Two)So that is something that Joshua and the elders of Israel did not do. And clearly this was to their detriment. It was a huge error.
Third, human leaders sometimes fail to seek God on significant matters. God points this out in Joshua 9:14. This was the big problem. This was something that Joshua especially should have done. He should have immediately taken it to God, like Moses seemed to have always done. But he did not.
This happens in leadership more when a leader has been on the job for a while and the leader is accustomed to making quick decisions. And so somebody brings something to him, and he decides on it—makes a decision—before he consults God on the matter. And so the error, then, happens and that is a bad thing. I mean, it is making decisions before you get all the facts again. This time, you are going to God for the facts and for His advice on the matter—maybe inspiration to show us a scripture, or at least to take some time to look into it.
So this is a black mark on Joshua at this point that he did not consult God. Clearly he did not do this again. But it is something that the leaders in the church need to keep at the forefront of their minds: in any situation, one consults God first.
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