|
|
|
September 17 - Be Courageous
"Be thou
strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according
to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from
it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest."
(Joshua 1:7)
Living a
life of faith takes courage. Most people
don't realize it, but it does! It takes
courage to stand up in the face of sickness and declare you're
healed by the stripes of Jesus. It takes
courage to believe for prosperity and put your last dime in the
offering plate when poverty is staring you in the
face.
There
are going to be some days when you'd rather pull the covers over
your head and hide than take another faith stand against the devil.
But you can't. Because the battle of faith isn't fought once and
then forgotten.
If you want
to keep living in victory, you have to fight it again and again.
There's no way around it. Of
course, some of God's people still try to find one. The Israelites,
for example. They thought their battles should be over when they
crossed the Red Sea. So when they
heard reports of giants living in the Promised Land, they decided
they couldn't face the fight. Their courage failed them. So they
took a 40-year detour through the wilderness.
But you know
what? They still couldn't avoid that
fight.
When the
time came for the next generation to enter the Promised Land, the
giants were still there!
This time, however, they found
the courage to face them. Where did
they find it? In the Word of God.
Their leader,
Joshua, had obeyed the instruction of the Lord and kept that Word on
his mind and in his heart day and
night. He'd meditated on it and let it constantly
remind him that God was on their
side.
If you're going to fight the
good fight of faith to the finish, you'll have to do just like
Joshua did. You'll have to
continually draw courage from the Word of God. So
make up your mind to do it. Get into that Word and let it change you
from a coward to an overcomer. Then march into battle and slay the
giants in your land.
Scripture Study:
Joshua
1
|
|
