THIS IS MY COMMAND!

” THIS IS MY COMMAND: BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS! DO NOT BE AFRAID OR DISCOURAGED. FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. ” JOSHUA 1:9

Joshua 1:9 is a great scripture and a wonderful command from our Lord. It is very hard to follow some of the commands of our God when we haven’t trained ourselves up to do so. We should compare it to great athletes who train for athletic events. They build their bodies up little by little until they are ready for whatever event they are training for. They don’t just decide to run a race one day and the next day go run it. They train for it. We should do the same. How can we possibly believe our Lord for things that we are not trained to believe for? It is very hard to get saved on one day and the next day believe God for a huge miracle to happen in our life. For one thing the enemy attacks us quickly with doubts, worries and fears. We must know how to overcome those attacks. We need to train ourselves to believe for the little things in life and then work our way up to the larger things. We need to know how to study God’s word and how to meditate upon his word. Our God never fails us. He is always with us. However, we sometimes miss his answers to our prayers because of doubt, worry, fear and unbelief. We shouldn’t be ashamed of this. His disciples did the same things. They had to learn. They listened intently to his instructions and tried to do as he instructed. We must do the same things by surrounding ourselves with his word and his promises. We must learn to believe in his promises and in the fact that he does answer our prayers. The more we study and meditate upon his word and his promises the stronger our faith will become. The more we pray to him and praise him the stronger we will become. So, let us train ourselves up in the Lord. Let us begin to believe in the unseen things of our God and not just the visible things of this world. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!