Strong and Courageous in the Lord
By W. W. P.
We need strength and courage for our work now. There is a great work to be done. The experiences recorded in the book of Joshua are prophetic object lessons. They are to be reproduced in miniature in the experience of each individual, as well as in the experience of this people as a whole. What the Lord has already promised to us we must go up and take possession of. We must set our feet upon the land which He has given to us. We must reveal the victories which He has wrought for us and offered to us. And the command of the Lord to us is, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. . . . For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against wicked spirits in high places.” This warfare is very real, and we have come to the time when Satan is beginning to work “with all power and signs and lying wonders.” And yet we are abundantly able to go up and possess the land. We simply need to be strong and of a good courage, and to go forward to the work in the name of the Lord. Remember Abraham and the slaughter of the kings. Remember Gideon’s army and the Midianites. Remember Elisha and the host of the king of Syria. Remember Hezekiah and Sennacherib’s great army. “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” “Stand up! stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call
obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict, in this His glorious day:
Ye that are men, now serve Him, against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.” “We must gather warmth from the coldness of others, courage from their cowardice, and loyalty from their treason.” “Be strong, and of a good courage.” W. W. P.