"...even God’s enemies who have deceived God’s people end up serving God’s purposes and glory." Tara-Leigh Cobble on Day 84 of The Bible Recap transcript.
Oh, Abba, I considered writing this entry about courage and discouragement. I am struggling lately with the discouragingly slow pace of resolving my dilemma with work, or more accurately, with termination from work. One of the recent verses from Joshua references both courage and discouragement:
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9
These are commands. That they are commands implies that I have some role in obeying these commands. That implication suggests that courage and discouragement are less emotionally based than behaviorally based. Is that right? How do I behave courageously? Do I make myself do something in the face of, against the background of, feelings of discouragement?
Show me, Abba, what to do. I will do it. In the meantime, I will ask You every day for Your agenda. So far today, when I jotted down three things (and two other things that I did not write down), I have done all but one. Time to go do that one thing.
I am counting on You, Abba, to do something big and miraculous and maybe unexpected or even unimaginable, the way you did in Joshua 9-11, my reading today,
I love You, too.
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