Deuteronomy
31:6
On
the verge of your Promise Land you will surely find opposition… Too often people
present a false doctrine and make the voyage of following Christ appear to be a
(n) easy task… We believe that we can win souls for Christ by presenting all
the things that He will and can do for us and hope that the person we are
entertaining doesn’t read the fine print or the disclaimer that informs them
that they will deal with persecutions, hardships and trials… As a child of God
we are to “consider it pure joy when we face trials” because we are
being developed and molded… The pain you endure today releases the power you
need to obtain victory tomorrow… Don’t be fooled by the way things may appear
to be in your life; instead prepare yourself every morning to be attacked by
the enemy… This is why we are charged by Paul to “Put on the whole amour of
God…” There is a battle taking place daily over your very soul and
you must come to realization that this is a reality that will be in place until
Christ returns and you are called home… Make no mistake about it, the word of
God never declares that things will go as we draw them up, His word never tells
us that the Christian journey will be peaceful and a smooth ride from point “A”
to point “B”; however, His word does tell us today that we are charged to “Be
strong and of good courage…” Like I said, there is battle taking place
everyday and it is not you are not tasked to run or fear, but to stand strong
and fear not… This passage was written at point in the lives of the
children of God after they had endured the ten plagues, they have already exited
the land of Egypt, and the children of God have already crossed the red sea on
dry ground and have been fed manna from heaven… This has come after the exalted
snake which healed all manner of disease and they have received water from a
rock… On the verge of their destiny, Moses (there fearless physically present
leader through the whole ordeal) is now passing the mantel to Joshua… It is in
this passage we can find uncertainty and also find encouragement… The
uncertainty is easily found in our lives when things change… The same can be
said with the children of God as Moses is removed in our focus verse… Just like
the Hebrews, we are on the cusp of something great and right when we are
beginning to celebrate there is a perceived setback that takes place or comes
into play… The challenge that we face in our Christian journey is not the
setback, but displaying the ability to “Be strong and of good courage…”
You can’t be strong (as this passage indicates that you have to be) if you are
not prepared and this is why it is so important that we understand that trials
and tribulations are a very important part of our growth and maturity in
Christ… When you expect the unexpected, when you prepare for the worse, you can
move from being strong and of good courage into the next level of Christian
maturity which teaches and instills in you that you should “fear not, nor be
afraid…” See the children of God feared what would happen under a new
leader when Joshua took over, they feared change; however, if they simply
recalled the past to the present they would have learned that there was no
reason to fear since God had already delivered them before… Today, in your
life, when you feel like you are suffering a setback know that you have no
reason to fear; the same God that saw you to the storm will be the same God
that leads you through the storm… The enemy wants you to believe that you will
not succeed, he wants you to give up and throw in the towel; however, the word
of God tells us today “for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee…” You can rest assured that
God will not leave you; you may feel at time like you are alone, but you can be
assured today that God is always with you and will always be by your side… You
can endure your trying time today; you can go through the turmoil without worry
or panic simply because you have the Lord on your side… The children of God
lost sight of what God had already done and that generation was cut off and
never reached the Promise Land… The message we learn from this text today is
simple yet powerful… If I had to sum up the charge put forth from this passage
I would warn, challenge and encourage you by these words… God has already been
were you are and where you are going… The path you are traveling had to be
paved for you to travel it and the battles you encounter have already been won…
With that being said, don’t let the appearance of things derail your divine
reality…
BE BLESSED!!!
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