“Be Strong and Courageous!”

 “Be Strong and Courageous!”

 

This is My Command—be STRONG and COURAGEOUS!  Do NOT be afraid or discouraged.  For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”    Joshua 1:9

 

You may be wondering, what I am doing in the Book of Joshua.  Well, I take my cues from God,  and this is where He led me.  So, let’s look and see what message the ALMIGHTY God has for us, today. 

 

This is part of a command that God had for Joshua, who was about to replace Moses in leading the Israelites to the Promised Land.  God encouraged Joshua, a number of times with the command to be, STRONG and COURAGEOUS!  He was to NOT be AFRAID or DISCOURAGED, because the LORD GOD would be with him WHEREVER he would go.  This command has been a DRIVING FORCE for God’s servants, throughout the centuries.  It should bolster God’s Children to be diligent in their service for their Heavenly Father.  They should TRUST in His POWER to do whatever He promises to do, just as Joshua did, and by the way Joshua was SUCCESSFUL in LEADING the Israelites to their PROMISED LAND.

 

The Apostle Paul, tells us to STAND FIRM and KEEP a STRONG GRIP on what we have been taught.  We are GREATLY ENCOURAGED to REMAIN STRONG in our FAITH in the midst of our troubles and sufferings also.  We can do this when we put our TRUST and FAITH in God’s SUSTAINING POWER.  Paul also says:  “May God,  as a result, make your hearts STRONG, BLAMELESS, and HOLY, as we stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with ALL His holy people.”  (1 Thessalonians 3:13).   

 

If you have NOT given your heart and life to God, through the REDEMPTIVE WORK, of His Son, JESUS CHRIST, who was VERY STRONG and COURAGEOUS, in His SERVICE to the ALMIGHTY GOD, and He was OBEDIENT to God’s Plan, for the SALVATION of ALL mankind.  Then you are DOOMED to an ETERNITY in HELL, with all its HORRORS, and no way to ESCAPE once you are there.  But God in His ABUNDANT MERCY and His AMAZING GRACE, is giving you the OPPORTUNITY to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL and to GAIN an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  You MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in need of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and be STRONG and COURAGEOUS in your FAITH and SERVICE to the ALMIGHTY GOD.  Do this NOW while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!