Be Strong and Courageous – Joshua 1:9

Joshua 1:6-9

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 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[a] wherever you go. 8 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. 9 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 heard a sermon on this passage of scripture recently and have come back to it again and again. I really like to dwell here on this promise of God.

To quickly summerize the verses above: do what God commands, keep his word on your heart always, be strong and courageous because the Lord is always with you.  I am not sure I can really add any value, so I will stop and encourage you to just reflect on these few verses for a moment.

Father, thank you for your promises, your word, your Son and for my life today.  Make me a blessing and may you be glorified in my life today.