Blessings folk!

Yesterday we saw that the Lord told Joshua three times to “be strong and very courageous”.

Thus is the word for us.

Read the balance of Joshua 1.

He is told the same thing again, but this time by the people.

Joshua reminded the people what the Lord said.
They agreed to follow Joshua as they did Moses…this might have given pause to Joshua.

Note what they say at the end.

Jos 1:10-18

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying,
‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, to possess it.’”

To the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying,
‘The LORD your God gives you rest and will give you this land.’

“Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross before your brothers in battle array, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them,

until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as He gives you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to your own land, and possess that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

They answered Joshua, saying,
“All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

“Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you;
only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.

“Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”

They called upon Joshua to be strong and courageous.
They agreed to follow his commands.
They agreed to obey his words.
Anyone who rebelled would be put to death.

Folk, the Lord empowers true believers to be strong and courageous.
We choose whether to walk in it or not.

What do you choose?

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