Be strong and courageous.

by **csd9013** Wed 29 Mar 2017, 8:22 am

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Be strong and courageous.

by csd9013 Wed 29 Mar 2017, 8:22 am

Joshua 1

Joshua had this told to him over, and over, and over, and over….you get the picture. Why?

Maybe he was told this because he is a lot like us. Being a Christian is hard in a lot of ways. It seems that freedom of speech is increasingly a right for everyone except for the Christian. Did you know that the most persecuted people in the world last year was the Christian? True story. 600 million Christians were barred from freely practicing their faith in 2016. 90,000 were killed for their beliefs last year. For you and me it was unlikely that we experienced it at the same level, but I also fear that because of the sense of comfort that we may have we may also become less focused on the importance of what Joshua was told repeatedly. We must be strong and courageous. This world is not for us, God is for us, and we are not home right now. We are agents on mission to reflect His glory and see as many people as we can come to delight in His love and in His Son. We cannot be week and cowardly and accomplish this mission. People will mock us. People will reject us. Be Strong And Courageous. God will not fail you and I but we must not shy away from the confidence in His promise. Life is hard. As a Christian, we have a purpose and to see it accomplished, then these 4 words may be the reminder we need when we see the toughest of times.