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"I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:6-9 ESV
Many believe that Joshua was plagued with fear because God had to tell him seven times to not fear and to be strong and courageous.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 ESV
For me, if I am overcome by a tormenting fear, someone simply saying be strong and courageous, does not do a lot. Even quoting Joshua 1:9 at those moments, often has little effect, unless we grasp the key truth in the verse. He did not need to fear specifically because “the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
That is the key to Joshua's courage and ours. He believed God’s promise that He would be with him at all times. As a follower of Christ, we have the same promise throughout the Old and New Testaments. Jesus will never leave us or forsake us. This is why God tells us 366 times, in various ways, we need not fear.
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isa 41:10 ESV
Meditate deeply on this truth and fear not - “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Heb 13:5b
Many New Covenant Bible Studies HERE. Jesus poured out His blood for the New Covenant of grace and truth, replacing the Old Covenant law of Moses. Believers are exclusively under the New Covenant, the last will and testament of Jesus that began after the cross.
And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.” Luke 22:20
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Arresting article. I'm grateful.
I was trying to get an entry into the Challenge this week, centered around the irony of my efforts to appease God using OT works then discovering Jesus had fulfilled the Law and we had a New Covenant. I didn't get it across the line but it tilled the soil of ny heart again- as your writing has too.
Thank you.
P