“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 NIV
The days are nearing for my wife’s delivery with our first baby and anxiety is growing bit by bit each day. With us being far apart during weekdays because of work; I can’t help at times but worry for her comfort and condition being alone and still driving by herself to work daily. So many things needed to be prepared; with the expected responsibilities we need to fulfill after delivery; thinking of how to raise our child; all seem to be exciting to us but still there is that side to my thought on how can we fully fulfill all this during covid pandemic and living far away from each other. Reminded of Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” The commands of the Lord are not difficult or tedious to those that trust in the Word of the Lord. I would like to quote here a very timely reminder from a devotional piece in dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com:
“The instructions from God are not impossible or unrealistic to those that are called by His name. Joshua was commanded to be strong and courageous. He was to draw his strength from the Lord God and was not to be dependent on his own brawn or brains. If Joshua or the people of Israel sought to conquer the promised land by means of their own courage and strength they would fail. They were to place their trust in the Lord their God, Who had promised to be with them wherever they went. We are to immerse ourselves in the word of God; to meditate on the promises of God; to trust in the truth of God’s Word to follow the demands of God, that have been given to the Church in the knowledge that Christ is with us and His strength is made perfect in our weakness.”
The promise that the all-powerful God is our only strength is no less true today than it was in the days of Joshua. God has promised to be with us in every difficulty we face and every problem that comes our way
Prayer: Loving Father, I praise You that You have been faithful to us throughout all our days. Help me to be strong in You and to rely on You in all the problems of life that I may face, knowing that You are with me, wherever I go. Thank You Father in Jesus name I pray, Amen.
