COURAGE UNDER FIRE!!! WE ALL ARE CONFRONTED A DAILY BASIS WITH CHALLENGES OF LIFE. DEPENDING ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS OR BELIEFS, OUR CHALLENGES MAY VARY IN DEGREE AND SUBSTANCE FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER BUT THE REALITY REMAINS: THE NEED TO BE STORONG AND COURAGEOUS IN ALL SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. THE CHALLENGE, STRUGGLE OR FIGHT MAY BE OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, FAMILY, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL, FINANCIAL, MARITAL, EDUCATION, CHILD REARING, HUNGER, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL INFLICTIONS, ETC. WE ARE MADE TO BE STRONG; TO SUCCEED AND BE VICTORIOUS UNDER ALLL CIRCUMSTANCES BUT IF WE GIVE UP, LOSE HOPE AND LACK COURAGE WE WILL FAIL. WHEN EVER WE ARE SERIOUSLY CHALLENGE WE SHOULD BE COURAGEOUS AND KNOW IT IS WRITTEN THAT WE CAN DO EVERY THING THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHNES ME (Philippians 4:13). IN ALL CHALLENGES CONFRONTING US WE ARE URGED TO BE STILL, COURAGEOUS AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD AND HE IS ON OUR SIDE (PSALM 46:10). A MAN OF GOD ONCE DEFINED COURAGE AS THE STATE OF MIND AND BODY TO FACE ANY SITUATION, FOE OR LIFE’S CHALLENGES FEARLESSLY WITH CALMNESS AND FIRMNESS. FEAR DEFEATS A COURAGEOUS MIND OR CHARACTER. IT IS WRITTEN THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND OF SOUND MIND (2 TIMOTHY 1:7).. IN JOSHUA 1:1-9 THE LORD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH JOSHUA CLEARLY ABOUT COURAGE: “…ARISE, GO OVER THIS JORDAN YOU AND YOUR POPLE … EVERY PLACE THAT THE SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD UPON, HAVE GIVEN YOU… NO MAN SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, FOR AS I WAS WITH MOSES SO I WILL BE WITH YOU, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU NOR FOR SAKE YOU… “BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE…ONLY BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THE LAW WHICH MOSES MY SERVANT COMMANDED YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY PROSPER WHERE EVER YOU GO…THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN IT. FOR THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS… HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO”.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 23:11:46 +0000
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