Moses appoints new leaders

Deuteronomy 31:1-8 (New International Version)

1Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2“I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’ 3The Lord your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the Lord said. 4And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. 5The Lord will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. 6Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

7Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. 8The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

The Farewell 

One of the saddest facts of the wilderness journey is that the great leader, Moses could not enter the promised land due to his disobedience. However, we are quite satisfied  when the Bible says that he was with Jesus along with Elijah on the mount of transfiguration. It is quite opposite to the mount Nebo from where he was allowed to see the promised land. We could perceive that the hardness of the people of Israel had cost him the entry into the promised land. He was a humble and meek servant of God and a good leader. He had already prepared a leader, Joshua before he could hand over the baton to lead with the instructions,“Be strong and courageous”. can you be a leader who will always create leaders like Moses did?  Remember he once said,“I wish all Israelites were prophets”.