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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 13, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 24.

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Courage in the Lord

By J. S. Washburn

J. S. WASHBURN
When God was about to lead the children of Israel into the promised land, he said to Joshua, “Be strong and of a good courage: . . . only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law. . . . Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1: 6, 7, 9.
One of God’s commands is, “Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.” There are many people who break this command. Brethren, let us remember that to be of good courage is a duty, a very pleasant duty, a very helpful duty. It means more than feeling; it means determination. It means absolute confidence in the Captain of our salvation, who never lost a battle; in God, who can not fail, who never has been unfaithful to those who have been true to him, who never has failed to forgive those who have fallen, and yet have come back asking forgiveness.
Have you stumbled? Rise up again. Be of good courage in the Lord. The whole Scripture record shows that there is but one thing that can separate us from the Lord, and that is sin; and if there is sin upon us, he will take it away, casting it into the depths of the sea, placing it behind his back, remembering it against us no more forever.
We have no excuse to be weak and fearful. The fearful at the last terrible day are outside the city of God. Be strong and of a good courage. He is with us wherever we go. He will never leave us nor forsake us till he has brought us home, where we shall see his face, and be beyond the danger of falling, forevermore.
‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’