Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest (Joshua 1:7)
The world sees teens as strong if they stand up to their parents, and employees as courageous if they defy their employer. But God says to Joshua the way of strength and courage is the way of obedience and loyalty. The verse implies, if we obey the more strong we will be, if we do not questions God'a authority the more courageous we will be. Do we still try to assert ourselves , get our own way, make our own path?
The only way to succeed is by looking to God for direction and obeying his Word. When we follow him, however, we will prosper wherever we are and in whatever we are called to do.
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