Explore Faith – Joshua 3:7
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by scott in Blog
And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Joshua 3:7
God is so generous! He has told Joshua to trust Him and as Joshua takes a step of faith … God encourages him all the way. God helped the people of Israel to give him their full allegiance like they had with Moses. God provided Rahab in Jericho to hide the spies. And now, God shares with Joshua that He is about to show the whole nation that He is with Joshua in a very special way.
God always wants to encourage us and help us along in our faith, but sometimes we have closed our ears to His encouragement. God uses hundreds of different ways to encourage us. Sometimes His encouragement comes in the form of a memory He sends across our mind, other times it is through the words of one of our friends, it can be through the hug of our child, or a quiet assurance that He is with us even during a stormy season. God has been especially encouraging to me lately as I have been spending time with Him in a quiet place reading through Joshua’s adventure.
God’s en-couragement is His gift to us that is designed to fills us with courage and allow us to boldly step out in faith.
How has God been encouraging you lately? In what form is His encouragement coming?