
Maxie spoke last night at Crash, continuing our Fall MEGAseries “Mind the Gap”. We were in Week 3 of our mini-series, “The Character Gap: The Gap Within Us”. We have been looking at Old Testament characters who give us insight into the places within us where we can learn how God transforms our character.
This week, Maxie shared about Deborah from the book of Judges, chapter 4 and 5.
I have included some of Maxie’s notable statements and moments, but as always, if you weren’t in the room, we recommend listening to our podcast on iTunes (search from “Crash at North Phoenix”) or via our website (www.rhinocrash.org/audio/podcast/podcast.xml).
-”Scott, Scott, where are you? I need your help. I hit the wrong button or something.” (Maxie opened up a game on the iPod touch we use to control the slide, NOT the Keynote Remote. TextTwist is fun, but not relevent to Deborah or character).
-”Most of the people God uses to lead in the Bible were reluctant leaders. And the same remains true today.”
-”The Bible often confronts us with examples of leaders who were either unexpected, reluctant or both. There are many people God chose for leadership who would never have seen themselves as leaders.”
-”The Big Idea for tonight is – Leadership is about character, not gender, generation, skill set, or giftedness.”
-”Does God choose Deborah because there were no men available to choose from or because her character made her the best leader for Israel? ”
-”They were weenies.” (Weenies may have been Max’s favorite word last night).
-”Deborah is a unique judge – she was a prophet, she was ruling the people, settling disputes, and Barak seems to the think that he will not be successful unless she is present in the battle.”
-”You gotta watch out for the women of the Old Testament (referring to the woman Jael, who drove a tent peg through Sisera’s temple after luring him to sleep with some warm milk).”
-”What if we have been disqualified due to a character lapse, is there hope? There is hope for both redemption and restoration, but God will always focus on restoring our character before he restores our role or our position.”
We wrap up The Character Gap series next Sunday, October 4th, along with celebrating communion.
-Savage






