Joshua lived a life full of faith and courage, but it was time for him to go be with the Lord. And like every good leader, he leaves parting words for the children of Israel. Something that they could hold on to, like guidelines for them. And one thing he tells them is that they should be courageous to obey the word of God and not step away from it. This is a repetition of what God had told him earlier in Joshua 1.
When you’re aligned with God, even the elements around you listen to your voice. Every time you make a decree, the earth is listening and heaven is backing you. So you have to stop allowing the enemy to rob you of great and awesome encounters with God.
You cannot trust only your eyes or your judgment or even your smart questions when it comes to anything that has to do with your life
People of faith and courage know that God is the default place to go when things don’t go as planned. And the longer I live the more I realize that this happens a lot. From time to time we will face situations that don’t seem to align with what God promised us. For instance, our teenager misbehaves, our bank account acts up, our business makes more losses than gains or our marriage becomes difficult. The question now becomes, what do you do when your reality doesn’t match God’s promise?
So my friends, take your hands and your eyes away from things that God says, “Do not touch.” Don’t try so hard to get what is your friend’s own that you begin to do everything possible. Don’t desire what is not necessary. You don’t need more and more and more of something for no reason. Focus on God, not the thing you desire.
But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country, “Go into the harlot’s house, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her.” And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her…
Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go…
The only thing that terrified and weakened these people was simple information. It was not that they had seen these people at war. It was not that they had confronted them before. It’s not that they had opposed them before. No! It was just what they heard that was terrifying enough to cripple them and take away their courage.
Dear Lord, open my eyes to recognize the opportunities that you have placed in the moment and seasons of my life. In Jesus’ name. Amen
O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac… Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children. For You said, ‘I will surely treat you well
