Today I learned from Joshua 1:1-9.
Just like Joshua, we have to deal with
fear. Think about it; if Joshua was standing in front of God full of
bravery and confidence, He would not have had to repeat, over and
over again, for him to be courageous. You do not tell a courageous
man to be courageous, that would be redundant. Therefore- I believe,
Joshua, the mighty warrior, was standing before the Lord, shaking
over what God was calling him to do.
In verse 3, God promised Joshua He
would give him every place where he set his foot.
You see, Joshua
could not claim God's promise until he went and actually stood on it.
In my words, God was basically saying, “You are going to go stand
on it and take it, so I can give it to you.”
Our fruitfulness is in our promise
land.
I feel as though for some people, at
the end of their life, it is easy to hold God unfaithful for not ever
seeing His precious promises fulfilled, but that is only because they
never went and stood on them and claimed them.
The answer will never be because of
lack of equipping, lack of talent, or lack of opportunity.
It will be because of fear and
unbelief.
Choose the fear of missing God over
the fear of doing.
I'm convinced, in order to live
out what I have been freed from, I must remember what I have
been freed from.
I am a tireless servant of God,
dedicated to following His will for my life-- which is to share my
downfall, both there and back, to offer the hope of God's rescue for
anyone who may struggle with a related, seemingly hopeless, place of
life.
I hope to offer a contagious desire of
an intimate and deep relationship, with the most unfathomable God who
never gives up on us, no matter how far down we have fallen.
Jesus loves me, this I know. I had been
raised on those words for as long as I could speak them. However, I
had forgotten that during my search for significance. It was a search
for something I already had, which ended in turning my life song
from,
Jesus loves me, this I know -->
Jesus knows me, this I love.
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