“We want to make it hard for people to go to hell by making it easy for them to go to church so they can experience, know and follow Jesus.”
Joshua 1:2-6 “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving
them. I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon
mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’ No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will
not fail you or abandon you. “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give
them.
Joshua 1:2a “Moses my servant is dead…
1. THINK about the PAST.
Joshua 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to
lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving
them.
2. Take ACTION TODAY.
Isaiah 43:19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT) I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and
looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and
receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
BIG moves of God are almost always preceded by obedience to him in SMALL things.
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will
probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”—Abraham Maslov
The greatest ENEMY to your calling is your COMFORT.
ACTION is the preparation for the FUTURE PROMISE that God has for you.
3. TRUST God for the FUTURE.
Joshua 1:3-6 I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’ No one will
be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was
with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you. “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their
ancestors I would give them.
What seems IMPOSSIBLE to me, is not remotely DIFFICULT with God.
Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in
the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
