6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Joshua 1:6-7
Strength and courage. I pray that over you today! That you would be filled with supernatural strength to endure whatever God has put in front of you, and that you would have the courage to continue to fight the good fight of faith, trusting Him with the outcome.
Make no mistake, it is a fight, and going into it without strength and courage… well, I would not recommend it. The question is where do strength and courage come from?
I am learning it comes from who you are in Christ. In Him you already are strong and courageous, you just have to learn to live into what is already within you. He is in you, and He is your strength and courage!
Let these truths wash over you:
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26
“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.” 1 Chronicles 16:11
“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him – my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” Exodus 15:2
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2
“He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” Isaiah 40:29
“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10
“The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.” Habakkuk 3:19
“But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” 2 Thessalonians 3:3
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” 1 Peter 5:10
Today, before you try to “muster up” strength or courage on your own, I invite you to receive what is already yours as a child of the Most High God!
Reflection:
- When do you usually realize your need for strength or courage?
- Where do you go to get it?
- How might the Lord be inviting you into His strength for what is in front of you today?
Pray through the truth of 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
