Work hard to make sure that your confidence in the Lord is real.  The reality and substance of our confidence is not a product of our imagination.  And it does not need miraculous intervention to exist.  It is a rock solid trust in our God who cannot lie.

“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)

I am struck by the word “commanded”.  I was taught that we are to have faith in the Lord.  By having faith people meant to hope strongly.  But by using the word “commanded”, God has solidified how we should stand before Him.  Our hope is not as if a wish.  It is a very duty we perform before the Most High God.  To lack faith is to consider the words of God as less than perfect.

We are at peace because our God cannot lie.  And every word that comes from the mouth of God is true and life.  What does that mean except that we believe unto life?  And we do not believe as the world may believe in fairy tales.  Our hope and faith has substance!

By His Grace.

By His Grace