Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:9
With today’s busy lifestyle, you may be running here and there from sun up to sun down and wonder if the Lord is keeping up. Is the Lord truly with you wherever you go? Paul asks the Corinthian believers, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). Wherever you go, He goes, which begs the question, “Are you taking Him where He wants to go?”
Learn to listen to His voice as He guides you. Are you frightened to go new places? He will give you courage. Do you feel inadequate when it comes to helping someone dealing with serious problems? Ask the Holy Spirit inside you to give you the words to say. Do you experience indecisiveness? Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the wisdom to make the right choices.
What an honor, help, and hope it is to have the Holy Spirit within you. Thank the Father and the Son for this precious gift, for Jesus said, “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7).
Be confident that God loves you and that His Holy Spirit will help you when you ask. Pray that you and all believers will increasingly be sensitive and obedient to His voice. Intercede for the citizens and government officials of the United States, that the Lord will have His way in each heart and in all political issues.
Today’s Verse: Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
