The New Year’s sermon came from the first chapter of Joshua, the first nine verses. God is telling Joshua that he has to take over for Moses and lead the people into the Promised Land. He tells him to be strong and courageous. In fact, in these nine verses he tells him three separate times to be strong and courageous (verses 6, 7 and 9, King James version). Why do you think God told Joshua three separate times to be strong and courageous?
My feeling is that God simply wanted to remind Joshua that even though the task in front of him was not going to be easy, he had to be courageous. God also told Joshua that no matter what He would be with him. God told Joshua that the land was his he just had to be strong and go get it.
Be strong and go get it!
I love this story because it is a reminder to me that what God has promised me is already mine, I just have to be strong and go get it. Not once in those nine verses did God tell Joshua that the task in front of him would be easy. Not once. He told him that He would give him the land; He told him that he would never leave him or forsake him; he told him to be strong and courageous. The rest was up to Joshua.
I saw the promo for the movie “We Bought a Zoo” and one of the tag lines is: All you need is 20 seconds of insane courage (or something like that) and I’m telling you, that has been my mantra ever since I heard it and I share it with anyone that is struggling to make that first step.
Think about it … 20 seconds of insane courage. Once you take that first courageous step the rest is easy. Well, maybe not easy, but you are certainly on your way. I think back to March 2011 when I had 20 seconds of insane courage and I registered to run my first 5k when I had never even run outside before. What was I thinking? But once I registered and spent my money, I was committed. I trained and ran my race. All because I had 20 seconds of insane courage.
Think about what you will accomplish because of your 20 seconds of insane courage.
Take the step.
Be strong and go get it!
3 comments:
Great post! I love the scripture reference and it's one that will be a part of my 2012. I'll be using 20 seconds each day to utilize my insane courage.
Happy New Year
I love this post! I love this post. Today i was sitting thinking about whether i was ready to do something that was proposed to me. After much thought i decided to go with it! To just Do it! But your post reminded me of Gods plan for me and i'm glad i came here and read it, because now...i'm gonna BE STRONG and GET IT!
*ladylee sitting here all pumped up and encouraged after reading this post*
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