image“Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.” Joshua 1:6

“Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality that guarantees all others.” – Winston Churchill

Moses was dead.  He had guided the children of Israel for many years.  Of the ones who had left Egypt with him only those who had been under twenty years old still lived, except for Caleb and Joshua.

God had chosen Joshua to be the leader as the people prepared to enter the promised land.  Moses had instructed him well and now God tells him to be strong and of good courage, promising that He would be with him just as He had been with Moses.

In Verse 8, God tells him that if he will do all the things that Moses had written in the law, he would be prosperous and successful.  That would require courage, as they began to possess the country that God had promised them.

We may not face the enemies Joshua faced, but we must be strong and of good courage to live for God in a world which is getting more wicked every day.  The Bible gives us the instructions we need, and the Holy Spirit illuminates the Word in our hearts.  He is everything we need.

Prayer:  Thank you Lord for your Word and for your Holy Spirit, which provides us with everything we need to live courageously.

Devotion by Anne Johnston

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