Josh.1:5-9 “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a
good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is
with thee whither-soever thou goest.”
In this passage, Joshua was about to step into the shoes of
Moses, he was faced with what seemed to be an uphill task of possessing the
land for God’s people, but God comes and tells him as he faced the high walls
of Jericho“…do not be afraid.” In the same way God is telling us not to be
afraid, because He is with us.
Isa.8:11”Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this
people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be
afraid.
We shouldn’t allow the things we hear to frighten or dismay
us because we have His word; this is the only thing that takes away
fear. Then
He says “…be strong,” once we are afraid we’ll not be strong. What strengthens us is the same thing that
will deal with the fear. We are not to be strong in ourselves but in God,
because the strength of man will fail.
I Sam. 30 “And David was greatly distressed; for the people
spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man
for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD
his God.”
There was a casting down experience in the camp of David,
but David began to encourage himself, it was a time to be strong and not be
discouraged. Whatever we see around us; be it adversity or casting down,it
shall not touch us, but this depends on what we say when it happens around us,
because “when men are casted down, thou shall say there is a lifting up”
2 Chr.20:2 “Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat,
saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this
side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to
seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. ”
Even though Jehoshaphat feared, he did not allow the fear to
take a hold on him; instead he set himself to seek God. David also encouraged
himself in God and enquired from the Lord.
Most likely, the first thing that we will feel when we see
all these things happening around us is fear, but we should not dwell on it,
but stay on what we know and be strengthened in God, as in Him alone can we
find strength and this comes from His word.
CONFESSION: I SHALL NOT WALK IN FEAR BUT FAITH TODAY BECAUSE
MY GOD HAS SAID HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME.
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