DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
March
20, 2017
Are You Dangerous?
“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.” Joshua
1:9
When we are called by God our Savior out of sin’s
bondage, we begin to journey with Him.
We follow Him as our Captain and Leader into the promised purpose of the
future, our destiny. Along the way, God
will stretch us. He will enlarge the
horizons of our vision.
Jim Elliot, the great missionary who gave his life trying
to reach the Auca Indians said, “Am I
Dangerous?”
If we are honest with
ourselves, we may find that we are utterly ordinary and commonplace. We profess to know a power the world cannot
reckon with. We are all sideliners,
coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers, while content to sit by and leave
the enemies of God unchallenged. We are
often spiritual pacifists, conscientious objectors in this battle to the death
with principalities and powers in the heavenly places. The world cannot hate us; we are too much
like its own. Oh, that God would make us
dangerous!
How do we get there?
According to Joshua there are several principles:
Choose to be strong.
Choose to be courageous.
Choose to be obedient.
Read Joshua 1 and write down everything God commands
him to do. Then reflect how these
commands compare with what the Lord is calling you to do.
Prayer Focus: Pray 2
Chronicles 15:7 for our church, “But as for you, be strong and do not give
up, for your work will be rewarded.”
Ask the Lord to embolden us with strength, courage, and submission to
Him to follow the path He has placed before us.
Pray these traits for yourself as well.
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