We read these words four times in Joshua 1. God is about to give the Jews the promised land as Joshua leads the Israelites through the Jordan River and God's words of encouragement are "Be Strong and Courageous". God is telling Joshua to put his faith in Him. Jesus tells us the same thing in Matthew 6 when He tell us "do not worry about your life...."
As I look back over my "Christian Walk" it looks like a roller coaster ride. I have the highs followed by the lows, and I believe that those lows are times when I took my eyes off Christ, put my faith in myself or someone else instead of God, and worry, fear, and discouragement took over. God does not want us to be on this roller coaster ride after we receive Christ as our Savior.
Because I have received Jesus and His Spirit lives within me, I do not have to fall from the highs every time life throws me a challenge. It is in the midst of the challenges that God's grace can be most apparent and His power and love experienced. By keeping my eyes on Christ and putting my faith in God, every day can be another day of being raised higher and higher with God's glory shining brighter and brighter.
Discover and Proclaim the Truth of The Bible which is: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life." (John 3:16 NRSV). Jesus came to humanity to proclaim and give evidence to that love and He has commanded us to do the same. We, who believe, must not merely be followers, but we must be proclaimers of the Gospel Message and we can only do that by being filled with the love of God.
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