Hope for Healing, Faith for Living Podcast

Summary:

Joshua 1:1-9 English Standard Version

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. 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 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 want to point out a few things and I hope you will go back and read this passage.

This is God speaking to Joshua but the truths and the principles of what is being said is true for all who serve God.

There are things that God has already given us through the redemptive work of Christ. Theses things are revealed in his Word and by his Promises.

We are to go forward in life and claim for our own what Jesus has done for us.

We are commanded to be strong and courageous in doing so. 

How we do it is by keeping his Word. Keeping his Word the priority in our life, reading it, thinking about it, speaking it, believing it and acting on it. 

By doing things God’s way, we are actually living a way that results in our success and our prospering in the things of God.

There will be trials along the way and we shouldn’t be surprised but determined to stay strong and to stay courageous, without fear or discouragement because we know this is true… that God is with us.

Blessings in Christ,

Tim Dumas
Hope for Healing, Faith for Living