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Friday, March 23, 2012

Joshua 1-4 Be Strong and Courageous


by Jill Ice

“Be strong and courageous.” Who doesn’t love this phrase?  It evokes ideas of digging deep within ourselves, finding the strength we didn’t know was there, and conquering fears or tasks that lie in our paths.

But it’s much more than that.  God clarifies the phrase in Joshua 1:7-8:

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.  This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Be strong and courageous… to do according to the law – do not turn from it

Be strong and courageous… to meditate on the law day and night

Be strong and courageous… to be careful to do according to all that is written in the law

What happens when we keep God’s law?

…you may have good success wherever you go

…you will make your way prosperous

…you will have good success

By God’s grace, we are given strength and courage to live for Him!

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