Overcoming Our Memories!
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and of good courage; do not be afraid,
nor be dismayed, for the Lord your
God is with you wherever you
go."
Joshua 1: 9
When Joshua was preparing to take the
Israelites into the Promised Land,
God
gave him this promise: “The Lord your
God is with you wherever you go.” This
wasn’t the task that had Joshua
worried.
It was also a 38-year-old memory.
Two years after the exodus from Egypt, the nation
arrived at Kadesh where Moses sent twelve spies
into Canaan. After forty days, the spies returned
burdened with the fruit of the land and
burdened
about the warlike nature of the inhabitants.
Ten of the spies warned Moses not to take the
land because the giants that lived there would
surely defeat them. To their credit, Joshua and
Caleb disagreed, saying God would give
them
victory.
For rebelling against God at Kadesh, the nation
wandered into the wilderness 38 years until that
generation died off. Now Joshua would lead the
second generation of Israelites against the
next
generation of Canaanite giants and their iron
chariots.
Memories are powerful things. When God is
calling you to do something, don’t let the bad
memory stand in your way “for the Lord your
God is with you.”
"Take courage. We walk in the
wilderness today and in the
Promised Land tomorrow."
Dwight L. Moody
