21/08/2026
This morning during morning devotion, we read Joshua 1:1ā9, and I couldnāt get past the number of times God told Joshua to be strong and courageous.
Verse 6, 7 and 9. Three times.
And I thought, God is not a talkative.
If He keeps repeating something, it means something.
Joshua wasnāt new to the assignment. This was the same Joshua who had gone into the Promised Land before and come back saying, essentially, there are no giants here that our God cannot handle.
He knew God.
He knew Godās promise.
He had been Mosesā aide. He had seen what God could do.
But now Moses was dead.
And suddenly, Joshua wasnāt just the man who had been following Moses.
He was the leader.
I believe thatās the weight of leadership.
You can be a person of faith. You can have seen God move before. You can know what God has said. And still find yourself standing in a season where the weight of what youāre carrying requires a different kind of courage.
And God knew Joshua.
He knew what was happening inside him, even if nobody else could see it.
People can see your competence.
God sees your internal condition.
People can see that youāre doing well.
God sees the places where you need reassurance.
And I love that God didnāt just say, Go.
He said, As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
In other words Iāve got you.
Be strong. Be courageous.
Donāt you just love this God? š
Perhaps Godās repetition isnāt because we didnāt hear Him the first time.
Maybe He knows something about what weāre about to carry that we donāt know yet.
So when He keeps reminding you, listen.
Be strong. Be courageous.
If youāre in a season where God keeps repeating something to you maybe itās not that you didnāt hear Him. Maybe He knows what youāre about to carry.
No More Hiding.
