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Duty: The Leaders Sublime Characteristic
Duty: The obligation to fulfill a responsibility or task.
God’s front-liners are a strange breed!
A motley crew, a diverse crew.
Dug from the world’s slime pits, they are fashioned into a unique, diverse, and special lot.
Although different from each other, several common traits flow in their veins.
Tonight I want to emphasize one of them.
ALL ARE DISCIPLINED TO DUTY!
Duty is not exactly a glamour word!
People rarely enthusiastically discuss their duties.
Instead they talk about their privileges and freedoms.
General Robert E. Lee: “Duty is the most sublime word in the English language.”
sub·lime
/səˈblīm/
adjective
of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
LEE’S CHARACTERISTICS:
High morals
empeccable reputation
A gentleman
Never used a profane word
Never drank or smoked
Was respected and admired by the Union Army which he fought against
Actually President Lincoln offered him the command of the North’s army.
Although Mr. Lee did not beleive in slavery he struggled mightily with his answer to President Lincoln.
Major Question:
Where does my duty lay?
With my native Virginia or the Union?
This decision about where his duty lay, cost him his citizenship and the right to vote in the United States of America.
DAVID’S MIGHTY MEN:
If the walls of Adullam could talk - what a story would be told.
Adino the Eznite, who lifted his spear against 800 whom he slew.
Eleazar the son of Dodo, … who smote the Philistines until his hand was weary and clave to his sword.
Shammah the son of Agee, … defender of the ground full of lentils.
There were more - 33 in all - Mighty leaders
What’s that I hear?
“…three mighty men brake through...”
Duty and beyond took over!
Anybody who has negative characteristics has hope.
1. Duty at times takes risks
2 Samuel 23:16 (NKJV)
So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water ...
Greece said - Be wise, know yourself
Rome said - Be strong, discipline yourself
Judaism said - Be holy, conform yourself
Epicureanism said - Be sensuous, enjoy yourself
Education says - Be resourceful, expand yourself
Psychology says - Be confident, fulfill yourself
Materialism says - Be acquisitive, please yourself
Pride says - Be superior, secure yourself
Asceticism says - Be inferior, suppress yourself
Diplomacy says - Be reasonable, control yourself
Humanism says - Be capable, trust yourself
Philanthropy says - Be unselfish, give yourself
Charles Swindoll
I would like to add one more!
Duty says - Forget yourself!
There is a scourge of “Me first” mentality in this generation!
DUTY CULTIVATES SACRIFICE
Submerge ourselves unto the greater cause.
2. Duty does not always seek wages.
Money cannot buy everything!
In fact the real expensive things in life are free:
God, family, sleep, health, love, nature.... and tons more!
POINT: Some things are bigger than money and ONE OF THEM IS DUTY!
The committee of “Mighty Men” in the “Cave of Adullam” never gave money or wages a second thought!
It’s man’s first duty to seek the spiritual ahead of the natural.
“FOOL” was the word Jesus used in reference to the farmer of Luke 12:16-21.
This rancher traded the material for the Spiritual and lost.
HE FORGOT HIS DUTY!
HE FORGOT HIS DUTY BIG TIME!
Every leader should evaluate the areas of his life - not up for sale!
Character
Word
Family
PUT DUTY ON THE LIST
3. Duty always wants to please the Boss
David: “…longed…and said…give me water...”
The Mighty Men: “drew water…and brought it to David...”
DUTY SEEKS TO PLEASE THE BOSS
Adino pleased
Eleazer pleased
Shammah pleased
They were men of DUTY!
4. Duty is driven by a cause
Life should at all times be lived for something bigger than self.
Let me give you the first three principles my father taught me regarding the Kingdom of God.
The cause is greater than the cause bearer
The cause is greater than the cause bearer
The cause is greater than the cause bearer
NOT BAD THEOLOGY!
5. Duty is fostered by a disciplined life.
Nothing deterred these mighty men of valour.
Not the weariness of the journey;
not the facing of enemy troops -
NOTHING!
They were steeled and disciplined.
In a general sense, self-discipline is the ability to regulate conduct by principle.
Disciplined people are not ruled by impulse, desire, high pressure or social customs.
It is the art of SUBORDINATING SELF.
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