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"No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you."

The words of our verse for today are words that God spoke to Joshua. Moses had died and Joshua was now the head of the people of Israel. In order to strengthen Joshua's resolve in his new capacity, God assured him that He would be with him just as He was with Moses. God had been with Moses through thick and thin and the same would now be true for Joshua.

This meant, first of all, that God would help him to govern the nation of Israel. This was no small task. God described the Israelites as a "stiff-necked people" (Exodus 32:9) and Joshua surely knew he would face severe challenges in this regard. God's promise, however, was that no man would be able to stand against him and take his authority from him. Secondly, this meant that God would help him lead the people into battle against the Canaanites. This, too, was no small task. God knew the opposition was entrenched and fierce. That's why He led His people the long way to the Promised Land. He knew they needed time to get ready for battle (Exodus 13:17).

God also promised never to leave Joshua or forsake him. Given the difficulties of Joshua's new position of authority, this was a comforting promise to receive. Joshua had taken control of the Israelites and was about to lead them into the most difficult period of their national history. With God's help Moses had successfully led the people out of Egypt and to this point in their journey and Joshua needed to know that God would help him as well. He needed to know that God would not abandon him when the going got tough.

Perhaps you find yourself in Joshua's shoes today. You have been led by God to this point in life and you are about to take on the most difficult task you have ever faced. The people you lead may be rebellious, there may even be one that covets your position, and the opposition may be entrenched and fierce. If so, then take heart today, for the God of Joshua is your God too.

He will be with you and He will not leave you or forsake you.

Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Jeremiah 1, 2


Jeremiah 1 -- The Call of Jeremiah; Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

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Jeremiah 2 -- Judah Forsakes God

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New Testament Reading
2 Thessalonians 2


2 Thessalonians 2 -- Standing Firm in the Faith

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Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.
Insight
God is interested in every part of our lives, not just the spiritual part. As we live by the Holy Spirit's power, we need to submit every aspect of our lives to God—emotional, physical, social, intellectual, vocational. Paul says that because we're saved, we should live like it!
Challenge
The Holy Spirit is the source of your new life, so keep in step with his leading. Don't let anything or anyone else determine your values and standards in any area of your life.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
1 Corinthians 3:1  Babes in Christ.

Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood as he is. You are as much an adopted child of God as any other believer. An infant is as truly a child of its parents as is the full-grown man. You are as completely justified, for your justification is not a thing of degrees: your little faith has made you clean every whit. You have as much right to the precious things of the covenant as the most advanced believers, for your right to covenant mercies lies not in your growth, but in the covenant itself; and your faith in Jesus is not the measure, but the token of your inheritance in him. You are as rich as the richest, if not in enjoyment, yet in real possession. The smallest star that gleams is set in heaven; the faintest ray of light has affinity with the great orb of day. In the family register of glory the small and the great are written with the same pen. You are as dear to your Father's heart as the greatest in the family. Jesus is very tender over you. You are like the smoking flax; a rougher spirit would say, "put out that smoking flax, it fills the room with an offensive odour!" but the smoking flax he will not quench. You are like a bruised reed; and any less tender hand than that of the Chief Musician would tread upon you or throw you away, but he will never break the bruised reed. Instead of being downcast by reason of what you are, you should triumph in Christ. Am I but little in Israel? Yet in Christ I am made to sit in heavenly places. Am I poor in faith? Still in Jesus I am heir of all things. Though "less than nothing I can boast, and vanity confess." Yet, if the root of the matter be in me I will rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the God of my salvation.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Proverbs 3:26  For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught.

Psalm 76:10  For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.

Proverbs 21:1  The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Proverbs 16:7  When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Psalm 130:5,6  I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope. • My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.

Psalm 34:4  I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Deuteronomy 33:27  "The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!'

Jeremiah 17:7  "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD.

Romans 8:31  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

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