Be Courageous

Living a life of faith takes courage.  Most people do not realise it, but it does!  It takes courage to stand up in the face of sickness and declare you are healed by the stripes of Jesus.  It takes courage to believe for prosperity and put your last cent in the offering plate when poverty is staring you in the face.  There are going to be some days when you would rather pull the covers over your head and hide, than take another faith stand against the devil.  But you cannot do that.  Because the battle of faith is not fought once and then forgotten.  If you want to keep living in victory, you have to fight it again and again.

There is no way around it.  Of course, some of God’s people still try to find one.  The Israelites, for example, thought their battles should be over when they crossed the Red Sea.  So, when they heard reports of giants living in the Promised Land, they decided they could not face the fight.  Their courage failed them.  So, they took a 40-year detour through the wilderness.

But do you know what?  They still could not avoid that fight.  When the time came for the next generation to enter the Promised Land, the giants were still there!

This time, however, they found the courage to face them.  Where did they find it?  In the Word of God.  Their leader, Joshua, had obeyed the instruction of the Lord and kept that Word on his mind and in his heart day and night.  He had meditated on it and let it constantly remind him that God was on their side.

“Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you.  Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” Joshua 1:7 (AMPC)

If you are going to fight the good fight of faith to the finish, you will have to do just like Joshua did.  You will have to continually draw courage from the Word of God.  So, make up your mind to do it.  Delve into that Word and let it change you from a coward to an overcomer.  Then march into battle and slay the giants in your land!

“Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus.  Today I choose not to cower in fear, but to step out in courageous faith, to declare Your goodness.  I know You want the very best for me, I know that I can rely on You always, and that through You I can do ALL things.    Amen.”

May the Grace of our God abide in you and may you be blessed, in Jesus’ Name.

André and Nicole Binneman

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