Joshua 1:6-9(Amp) says, "Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the Land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and have good success. Have I not commanded you be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
Notice that the Lord instructed Joshua, "Don't let My Word depart from your mouth." This would be important to Joshua's success. Then God told Joshua to "Meditate on My Word day and night," so he could do according to all that was written in it. God insured Joshua that if he did these things, then Joshua would prosper and have good success in all that God told him to do. God commanded Joshua to "Be strong, vigorous, very courageous, and don't be afraid or dismayed," because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
David meditated on God's Words, while tending his father's sheep, like Joshua and many leaders under the Abrahamic covenant. When facing Goliath, David remembered God's instructions to Joshua. David could be strong and of good courage, because the Lord God was always with him, wherever David went.
It will require us to spend one on One time with the Lord, in order to do whatever He has for us to do. We must heed the same advice and God's command to meditate on His Word, so we too can be strong and courageous. Jesus assured us that, "I will never leave you, or forsake you, but I will always be with you to the end of the age," in Heb.5:13(Amp). We too, can be strong and courageous to do or say everything that God has for us, even when facing giants.
Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Joshua, David and even Mary, had to be strong, courageous and meditate on the Truth that God is always with us, so they could carry out what God called them to. The new covenant tells us too, "Take courage, strength and understand God's Word." We must meditate on God's Word and keep His Word in our mouths." so we can carry out what God has called us to do. We're to stand on His Word even under the new covenant. We're to be strong in the Lord and the Power of His Might, knowing that He will never leave or forsake us.
We're to be strong and courageous in the Lord God and not in ourselves. We can't heal the sick, but when we read, meditate on and understand His Word, we will have faith, believing and lay hands on the sick in Jesus' Name, then God will do the healing. God never intended David to grapple with Goliath on his own. God only intended David to stand on God's Word, believing that one small stone would conquer the giant. God didn't expect Moses to part the Red Sea, but to believe, hold out his staff over the Sea and speak the Words God gave him. The rest is history.
If we spend time one on One reading God's Word and fellowshipping with Him, then we will be courageous and confident that we're not alone, because our God will never leave or forsake us.
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