As he prayed about how best to share this vision with the congregation, Sam thought about how leaders communicated vision in the Bible. Whether it was Moses, Joshua, David, Nehemiah, or even Jesus; all the great leaders in Scripture faced the challenge of asking the people they led to make sacrifices to achieve God’s perfect will for their future. All of them faced opposition and many of them had times of great doubt and internal struggle. Ultimately, they all found the strength and resolve to stay true to their calling as God granted them favor and the power to persevere.
Those in the Bible who had to ask people to sacrifice for God and His Church, that there was resistance, antagonism
