11/07/2022
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀?
𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝟭:𝟵, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
“𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰.”
The Israelites were determined to enter Canaan, the land promised to them. After Moses’ death, God guided Joshua to lead the nation of Israel. However, entering Canaan was no easy feat as Joshua had to wage war against the Canaanites. They had better weapons and were much bigger in numbers. Joshua didn't let that stop him. He courageously followed God’s word and God proved to be with him. The Israelites defeated their enemies in about 5-7 years.
So how did Joshua find courage and strength?
𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝟭:𝟳, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
“𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰."
Joshua drew courage and strength from the teachings that God provided him.
𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝟭:𝟴, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺."
For Joshua to "act wisely" wherever he went, he needed to meditate on the word, day and night, never straying away from it. This instilled discipline in Joshua, allowing him to trust God's word. Although he faced challenges, Joshua followed God's word and lived a fulfilling life.
Meditate on God's Word daily. Trust in it. Believe that he is here for you and wants you to live a fulfilling life. It's not enough to just read the Word and then put it away. Listen to what God is saying. The answers are there. Apply them to your everyday life and see how your life changes. You, too, can be courageous and strong!
God Bless!