"Be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest." (Joshua 1:7)
Living
a life of faith takes courage. Most people don't realize it, but it does! It
takes courage to stand up in the face of
sickness
and declare you're healed by the stripes of Jesus. It takes courage to believe
for prosperity and put your last dime in the offering plate when poverty is
staring you in the face. There are going to be some days when you'd rather pull
the covers over your head and hide than take another faith stand against the
devil. But you can't. Because the battle of faith isn't fought once and then
forgotten. If you want to keep living in victory, you have to fight it again
and again.
There's
no way around it. Of course, some of God's people still try to find one. The
Israelites, for example. They thought their battles should be over when they crossed
the Red Sea. So when they heard reports of giants living in the Promised Land,
they decided they couldn't face the fight. Their courage failed them. So they
took a 40-year detour through the wilderness.
But
you know what? They still couldn't avoid that fight. When the time came for the
next generation to enter the Promised Land, the giants were still there!
This
time, however, they found the courage to face them. Where did they find it? In
the Word of God. Their leader, Joshua, had obeyed the instruction of the Lord
and kept that Word on his mind and in his heart day and night.
He'd
meditated on it and let it constantly remind him that God was on their side.
If
you're going to fight the good fight of faith to the finish, you'll have to do
just like Joshua did. You'll have to continually draw courage from the Word of
God. So make up your mind to do it. Get into that Word and let it change you
from a coward to an overcomer. Then march into battle and slay the giants in
your land.
Gloria
Copeland
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