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Recap of 10/11/09:
1. Attention in Genesis 47 turns once again to Joseph’s superb leadership.
2. He did his job with:
-Integrity. Though he handled great sums of money and property, he didn’t abuse his power or his authority. A great test of leadership is the use of power (1 Peter 5:1-4)
-Wisdom. He discerned what was needed, established a plan, and carried out the plan.
-Discipline. He had mastered himself, before seeking to master others.
3. Oswald Sanders in his book Spiritual Leadership talks about the qualities essential to good leadership. They are: Discipline; it is the quality which is essential to all other qualities, “the man who has conquered himself makes the best leader;” Vision; faith is vision and imparts vision, it includes optimism and hope, and imparts venturesomeness; Wisdom; is more than knowledge, it is the “right application of knowledge in moral and spiritual matters, in meeting baffling situations, and in the intricacies of human relationships;” Decision; a spiritual leader accepts full responsibility for both failure and success of decisions; Humility; self-effacement not self-advertising; Humor; which can diffuse a tense situation or meeting, it must be appropriate.
4. Genesis 47:11-27 is a good example of the Abrahamic covenant in action (Genesis 12:2,3). God promised Abraham that those who blessed the Jews (Abraham’s seed) would themselves be blessed. God blesses Pharaoh with great wealth and the people of Egypt with life because they received the Jews.
