06/06/2020

Joshua 1 v 1 - 9
God's charge to Joshua

God has prepared His people and they are now on the brink of entering the promised land after wandering for 40 years, and again it comes to show “all who wander are not lost“.

Joshua was chosen to follow in Moses’ footsteps and raised up by the Lord to fulfill his purpose of leading the Israelites into Canaan. Are you a Moses? A Joshua, perhaps? Where is your Canaan?

There is an instruction and a promise:

  1. God instructs Joshua to be “strong and courageous“
  2. to keep the law and not turn from it, and
  3. meditate on the word day and night

Should he do this faithfully, God promises:

  1. that He will be with Joshua
  2. Joshua will be successful and prosperous in his way

I have learnt that when the bible mentions something once, it’s important, when it mentions something twice, we should start paying attention, but when something is repeated three times, we should really take note. A fourth time, should make us sit up straight with (spiritual) eyes and ears wide open!

God tells Joshua three times to be “”strong and [very] courageous” (v 6, 7 and 9) and further down in vers 18 even his officers tell him the same. Is God encouraging him to rely on his own strength? Absolutely not, but we have to take the first step and be willing to serve.

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