Joshua 1

What stood out today:
5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers 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.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses.
18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"

My response: Joshua, Jeshua, Jesus, what was it like for you to hear these words echo from God and the people: “God is with you” and “Be strong and courageous?” I would think it was very encouraging. As Wayne Barber says, “Let Jesus be Jesus in you.” Jesus, forgive me for being afraid. Forgive me for not trusting You; Your power, Your wisdom. I will gaze upon you. I will only glance at the challenges. I will be careful to obey everything You have written and that You say. Jesus, you are my Rescuer, my Lord and my God; You have united me to Yourself, I am engraved in Your hands. Of course You will never leave me nor forsake me, You can’t! But better than that you would not want to….