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Posted on: March 27, 2008 by Joshua 1:6-9 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. 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. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
I know it is the will of God for us to prosper and have good success in everything that we do. Being strong and courageous is not enough. But to have an obedient faith that makes us strong and courageous, that is the answer. Psalms Chapter 1 says it like this:
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
That's our promise!
Pastor
Pastor, honey, do you remember the day you found that written on a piece of paper that had been slipped into your jeep? We never discovered who wrote it and put it in there. We're blessed to receive encouraging words when we most need them, however ordinary or extraordinary they come to us! It's strengthening to be focused on the promises of God's Word to us, so thanks for doing that, here.