Zion Church | The Pathway to Success Part 10 | Pastor Keith Battle

``So you don't have to like me, but watch the rest of the verse. You will not be able to stop me. I feel like preaching right there. You will not be able to stop me. He says, watch this. I not only have your support, but I got power for you. He says, nobody will be able to stop you all your life. Now, when God says nobody can stop you, that should let you know somebody's going to try it. [00:14:27] (23 seconds)  #UnstoppableWithGod

See, the reason why somebody would attack you is because they don't know God's plan for you. And the reason why they can't see God's plan for you is because they keep looking at you. And when they look at you, they see flaws. When they look at you, they see weaknesses. When they look at you, they see failure. When they look at you, they see sin. But God knows more about your failure than they do. And He still decided to have a plan for your life. [00:15:40] (25 seconds)  #GodSeesYourPurpose

Now watch this. Watch the timing of this statement. God commands Joshua, don't be scared. Don't be discouraged. Be strong, be courageous. And watch what Joshua does next. It says in verse 10, then Joshua commanded the officers of Israel. And verse 11 goes on to tell us specifically what he told them. But I want you to understand the timing. Joshua then commanded the officers of Israel right after God says, now you got to be courageous. [00:19:08] (32 seconds)  #LeadWithCourage

You got to understand that God gave me promotion, not just so I could run things, but so that I could be responsible. With promotion comes responsibility. Are you ready for that? And you got to be careful because you have to balance this thing with people who still have this legend syndrome. You know, there's nobody like Moses. But you have to be careful. [00:24:25] (21 seconds)  #PromotionComesWithResponsibility

Because you're going to have to deal with people that don't like you. Just get over it. Get used to it. Amen. Ain't nobody going to be applauding and celebrating and happy for you. Some people can't stand you. How did she get the position? Who did he know? What did he do to earn that? It's called favor. I said it's called favor. [00:16:25] (22 seconds)  #FavorNotApproval

In fact, you need three things. You need humility. You need compassion. And you need courage. Because you can't walk in there and be arrogant because you're going to need the team to get the dream accomplished. And if you go in there acting nasty, see, some people don't know how to handle succession because you don't know how to handle promotion. [00:20:20] (20 seconds)  #HumilityCompassionCourage

The officers of Israel that he's commanding are the same people that the officers of Israel is what he once was. So now he is giving direction to people that he once worked alongside. Y'all know nothing about that. It's tricky when you get elevated above the people you once worked alongside. And you got to have the courage to be able to live. Do you understand what I'm saying? You got to have the courage to be able to do it. But you got to have the humility to do it too. [00:19:43] (37 seconds)  #HumbleCourageousLeadership

And you can't take any of that stuff personally, because it happens to everybody. I said it happens to everybody. You have to outlive it. You can't get punked out of your assignment. But you also can't try to be, you know, gangster on people. Because you can't manipulate people into following you. You have to use your heart. You have to use wisdom. Don't be throwing your weight around. Use wisdom. [00:25:51] (23 seconds)  #LeadWithWisdomNotWeight