Things are just so unpredictable these days... Stock markent can go drastically down and then up within a day... actor Heath Ledger died young yesterday... he's only 28!!! And we still don't know how he died!?!?! And even Starbuck is beginning to offer cheaper coffee with refills!!!!
What is the world coming to? ;)
Anyway, today's reading was about days of Joshua... The guy certainly had some very big shoes to fill after Moses was gone. It was probably why God said to him and the Israelites numerous times that they shouldn't be afraid and be discouraged... for God is with Joshua and with them! The big shoes were not really caused by Moses' big feet, but God's big feet!
I guess the moral of the story is that unbelievers are like the Egyptians. The so called Christians are like the Jews. However, for people like Joshua and the Jews in his generation are the ones who were really 'born again' and lived transformed lives! This journey of faith is basically a constant 'push' from God..., pushing us and challenging us to turn from unbelievers to believers... and once we believe, God continues to push us to instead remain as believers to become actual doers!!! This is how the Lord shepherds His flock into that promiseland!
Yes indeed that it's so easy to be afraid, to be discouraged, to lose faith, to lose hope and to stop love because we feel unloved...But as long as God is with us, there's really nothing to be afraid of! And there's no better way to stick close with our Shepherd than obedience.
Yes, for me and my house, we will choose to serve the Lord. We will choose to not be afraid, not be discouraged, not to lose faith, not to lose hope, and never to stop loving, so help us God!!! :)
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