No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.
JOSHUA 1:5–6 (NIV)
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COURAGEOUS FAITH
When’s the last time you ran in the direction of your challenge? We tend to retreat; we tend to duck; we tend to hide. We may escape for a moment but as soon as we emerge from our hiding, there’s our Goliath, still waiting on us. Why don’t you try another tact? Saturate your mind with God, and then – in faith –run at our giant. Emboldened by an un-squashable resolve, load your sling with the rock of faith and take a swing at your giant. - Max Lucado
The Christian life is not easy. It’s messy. It calls for us to be ‘in the world but not of the world’. It asks us to rub against the grain of society. It requires us to stand in the face of adversity, criticism, injustice and misunderstanding. It calls for us to let go of our sinful humanity and run towards a loving Heavenly Father with abandon. It is a life that requires courage and faith in order to shine the light of Christ in a broken world.
This devotional theme is intended to challenge. It is intended to ask you to take stock of how you’re running the race marked out for you. In a world that increasingly opposed to faith, how can we continue to stand courageously in its midst?
Our prayer is that you will be emboldened, and encouraged to continue to take that next step… because you are not alone. We are in this together.
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