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.
“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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