(Joshua 1:6-9) “Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua was Moses General. God had prepared him for service and ministry through using Moses as His teacher. It was not so much that Joshua had learnt skills but that he had observed Moses way of doing this and it was not a matter so much of what Joshua had been taught but what he had caught. (Exodus 33:11) The time had come for him to lead the people of God into their inheritance. The task was beyond human ability and strength and both Moses and Joshua knew this to be true…

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