No abandoning!
Verse for Today: Sunday, November 04,
2012
Joshua 1:5 – No one will be able to stand up 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.
Today
God’s promises come to us with a multitude of witnesses
of faith whose lives demonstrate the faithfulness of God. His
faithfulness was
clearly visible during the lifetime of Joshua through all the events in
the
life of Moses which Joshua had witnessed. Joshua also witnessed how God
used
people like Aaron, Hur and Miriam. God saw to it that the powerful
Pharaoh of
Egypt could not stand up against Moses. The Red Sea, Marah or Amalakites
could
not withstand the spiritual fervor and faith of Moses. Joshua also
learned that
when Moses had to pass away into the presence of God, the work of God
would continue.
It was this reassurance from God that kept Joshua going in spite of the
unfavorable circumstances and the continuous attack of the enemies.
Joshua
also learned that even before Moses, God was with Abraham and kept His
promise of
a son. He also knew how God was with Joseph and brought him to Egypt as
part of
God’s great plan of redemption for mankind. The marvelous works of the
Lord
during the more than 4 centuries in Egypt was open before Joshua to make
great
believer out of him. These experiences taught him to believe that it was
impossible for God to leave him or forsake him. Joshua found the
reassurances
of God to him as the reinforcement of his faith to keep going. This was
not the
time for him to lose hope because Moses was gone, but to keep going
forward by
believing in God’s promises. Joshua found that God’s promises were
evidence
based and lively. He found God’s faithfulness credible, believable,
trustworthy
and powerful for him to understand and accept. Today the God of Joshua
is with
us and confirms the promises given to Moses and Joshua that He would be
with us
also to protect, empower and provide for us.
Dear reader, are you shaken because of your present bewildering
situations? Is your circumstance leading you to perplexity because of
insurmountable hills, devouring enemies, mighty winds and storms and uncertain
supply lines? Remember, your Lord is above everything that looks negative and
intimidating in your horizon. He rules your circumstances. He overrules any eventuality
that tries to engulf you. His presence is with you to help you withstand the
pressures of the unfavorable situations which confront you. He will see to it
that the Anakites and the Amalakites would not stand against you. They will
fall by your side as Goliath fell before the inexperienced little David. He
will command the sea to stand guard on both sides of your pathway. He will
break the hardest rock to give you water. He will heal the sick water to make it
sweet to quench you. His supply line that extended forty years in the
wilderness will continue to pour showers of blessings upon you all the days of
your life. Moses, and after a while even
Joshua, will pass away, but Jesus will not. He is the same yesterday and today
and forever. He knows when you are hungry and will become bread for you. He
understands when you are thirsty and will be living water for you. What a Friend
you have in Jesus when all others reject and resent you. When you are despised,
He will welcome you to His presence and fill you with comfort, joy and strength
to keep going. He will be with you when you are rejected by your own brethren
as in the case of Joseph and David and will elevate you to greater heights. Today
let us not look at the heroes of faith, but to their Lord who sustained them.
Today our Lord speaks to us through these heroes of faith to reassure us that
their Lord, who is our Lord also, will be with us now and forevermore.
Deuteronomy 4:31 – For the Lord your God is a merciful
God; He will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers,
which He confirmed to them by oath.
Thought for Today
The promises of God are
timeless and boundless in power and strength for His children.
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