Daily Java: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”- Joshua 1:9.
Our mandate from God is to do something that really cannot be done on our own power. Be perfect as he is perfect, go into all the world and preach the gospel. All those things. On our own power, it cannot be done.
I mean, we might do a lot of good things, but without him and his power, there is nothing that is lasting. That is why some people can make a great church, but have it fall apart when they have problems. It is built on their own strength and not on the power of God.
Our strength is not from ourselves and our own ability. If we could do it ourselves, it would not be from God. He can take what we have and make it powerful and his.
And he will. If we just trust him and let him work in us.
The spirit within us is one of courage. As the apostle Paul said, For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7). If we are afraid we cannot do it, that is true. If we let that spirit govern us, that is not God. After all, we know we can’t do it from the beginning, yet God wants us to.
And his power and will be shown in us. As Paul also said, his strength will be shown in our weakness.
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