Only Be Strong and Courageous!

God gave the Isrealites 30 days to mourn the loss of Moses and to move on to position themselves to cross the Jordon!!

The LORD Commands Joshua 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.


GET READY!! God is calling you out of the desert and INTO His Rest!! WILL YOU TAKE HIS HAND???As I was with Moses SO I will be with you!! I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!! You don't have to have things or people, but YOU have to have GOD!!!

6 " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous . Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." What are you supposed to do???Be strong and courageous!! Do not be terrified!!! Do not be discouraged!! The Lord will be with you wherever you go!!!

10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "


Go Get ready!! Get ready to Cross the Jordan and enter into Gods Rest!!


12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men , fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers

15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."


Get ready too for the fight!! Bask in the word of God.....meditate on it day and night!! Until the fight is over....you may occuply the land!! IOW...enter into Gods Rest and Stay in the shadow of the almighty!!


16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"


Be Strong and Courageous THE LORD YOUR GOD THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IS WITH YOU FIGHTING FOR YOU!

He has called down the hosts of heaven to fight on your behalf!! Not even a SPARROW goes unnoticed!

Strong: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

(Qal)
to be strong,
grow strong
to prevail,
prevail upon
to be firm,
be caught fast,
be secure
to press,
be urgent
to grow stout,
grow rigid,
grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe,
be grievous to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong to restore to strength
give strength to strengthen
sustain
encourage to make strong
make bold
encourage to make firm to make rigid
make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong
strengthen to make firm to display strength to make severe to support to repair to prevail
prevail upon to have or take or keep hold of
retain
hold up
sustain
support to hold
contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself to put forth strength
use one's strength to withstand to hold strongly with


Courageous: basically means, feel the fear, the aprehension and do it anyway!
to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
(Qal)
to be strong, brave, bold
(Piel)
to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure (Hithpael)
to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
(Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong

do not be afraid: Afraid implies inner apprehensiveness a disquietedness.

to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble

(Qal) to cause to tremble, terrify to tremble, feel dread
(Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
(Hiphil) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful to inspire with awe, terrify

do not be Dismayed: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid

(Qal) to be shattered, be broken to be dismayed
(Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed
(Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared
(Hiphil) to cause to be dismayed to dismay, terrify to shatter