Twice in this passage God tells Joshua to be strong and courageous. I hate to keep complaining about the modern church today, but are men trained to be strong and courageous? We live in a society that is so politically correct, it has crept into the church. Let me give you an example. The “love chapter” of 1 Corinthians tells us we should live in the love of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says God is love. But men in the church are so criticized these days for standing for anything, that when someone stands for God’s truth, everyone thinks they are “mean spirited.” I have heard so many times I am not gentle, caring, sympathetic. I need to be like a woman and be more “sensitive.”
Is this what God told Joshua? Joshua was leading the people into a culture opposed to God’s ways and he needed to be strong ...
