The LORD your God is with you wherever you go - Joshua 1:9 (Bible)
A few days ago on 28th Jan. 2020 evening, in outside ashram Puttaparthi, I saw an interesting message on what seemed to be a Christian ministry vehicle. The message was on the lines of: the LORD your God is with you wherever you go - Joshua.
I loved that! After coming home, I looked it up on the Net. Here's the verse - Joshua 1:9, https://biblehub.com/joshua/1-9.htm, "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.", New International Version.
Another version, New Living Translation: "This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Wonderful! What divine assurance!
I should also say that I am convinced that this revelation and similar revelations in Hindu scripture, about God being with us wherever we go, is the truth. We should have faith in the truth of this revelation, this assurance.
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Jan Baan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baan) messaged me on LinkedIn in response to above post contents that I shared with him:
Some Bible commentaries
Bible Knowledge Commentary
1:9.
The third call to courage addressed to Joshua was based on the promise of God’s presence. This did not minimize the task Joshua faced. He would encounter giants and fortified cities, but God’s presence would make all the difference.
Joshua probably had times when he felt weak, inadequate, and frightened. Perhaps he considered resigning before the Conquest even began. But God knew all about his feelings of personal weakness and fear and told Joshua three times, Be strong and courageous (vv. 6-7, 9; cf. v. 18). God also urged him not to be afraid or discouraged (cf. Deut. 1:21; 31:8; Josh. 8:1). These charges with their accompanying assurances (God’s promise, God’s power, and God’s presence) were sufficient to last a lifetime. Believers in all ages can be uplifted by the same three assurances.
Believers Bible Commentary
Three times Joshua is told by the Lord to be strong and very courageous (vv. 6, 7, 9). The size and duration of the task ahead, the pressures of leading such an obstinate people, and the absence of his spiritual mentor, Moses, were perhaps heavy on Joshua’s mind at this time. But the Lord was not calling him without enabling him. There were good reasons for Joshua to be strong: God’s promise (vv. 5, 6), a sure victory; God’s Word (vv. 7, 8), a safe guide; God’s presence (v. 9), a sustaining power.
T. Austin Sparks writes:
The real battle of faith is joined here. Not what we are, but what He is! Not what we feel, but His facts
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I responded to Jan Baan (slightly edited):
Wonderful and inspiring, Jan. Thanks a ton!
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I will study this message of yours again carefully. I think it is a very inspiring and appropriate message to give courage to those who do good work (including business enterprises) with faith in God, who are faced with challenges. Thanks again.
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I thank Bible Knowledge Commentary, Believers Bible Commentary and T. Austin Sparks for the above short text extracts, and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extract(s) of theirs on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.
I loved that! After coming home, I looked it up on the Net. Here's the verse - Joshua 1:9, https://biblehub.com/joshua/1-9.htm, "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.", New International Version.
Another version, New Living Translation: "This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Wonderful! What divine assurance!
I should also say that I am convinced that this revelation and similar revelations in Hindu scripture, about God being with us wherever we go, is the truth. We should have faith in the truth of this revelation, this assurance.
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Jan Baan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baan) messaged me on LinkedIn in response to above post contents that I shared with him:
Some Bible commentaries
Bible Knowledge Commentary
1:9.
The third call to courage addressed to Joshua was based on the promise of God’s presence. This did not minimize the task Joshua faced. He would encounter giants and fortified cities, but God’s presence would make all the difference.
Joshua probably had times when he felt weak, inadequate, and frightened. Perhaps he considered resigning before the Conquest even began. But God knew all about his feelings of personal weakness and fear and told Joshua three times, Be strong and courageous (vv. 6-7, 9; cf. v. 18). God also urged him not to be afraid or discouraged (cf. Deut. 1:21; 31:8; Josh. 8:1). These charges with their accompanying assurances (God’s promise, God’s power, and God’s presence) were sufficient to last a lifetime. Believers in all ages can be uplifted by the same three assurances.
Believers Bible Commentary
Three times Joshua is told by the Lord to be strong and very courageous (vv. 6, 7, 9). The size and duration of the task ahead, the pressures of leading such an obstinate people, and the absence of his spiritual mentor, Moses, were perhaps heavy on Joshua’s mind at this time. But the Lord was not calling him without enabling him. There were good reasons for Joshua to be strong: God’s promise (vv. 5, 6), a sure victory; God’s Word (vv. 7, 8), a safe guide; God’s presence (v. 9), a sustaining power.
T. Austin Sparks writes:
The real battle of faith is joined here. Not what we are, but what He is! Not what we feel, but His facts
-----end Jan Baan message text---------
I responded to Jan Baan (slightly edited):
Wonderful and inspiring, Jan. Thanks a ton!
...
I will study this message of yours again carefully. I think it is a very inspiring and appropriate message to give courage to those who do good work (including business enterprises) with faith in God, who are faced with challenges. Thanks again.
------ end my response ---
I thank Bible Knowledge Commentary, Believers Bible Commentary and T. Austin Sparks for the above short text extracts, and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extract(s) of theirs on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.
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