Greetings!

God has really been working on my spirit about service…especially in the Kingdom of God. There are times when I simply do not want to do the things God is calling me to do. Not because I don’t love Him or want to serve Him…because I do. He is the only reason that I do anything. It’s just that every now and then, my flesh fails me, and I begin to struggle with believing what the word says about me. Whenever I get into that place of confusion or my mind starts to wander too far from Him, God always leads me to the book of Joshua. I think that is mostly, because the Book of Joshua is about fighting. Sometimes we have to fight through those things that threaten to bind us to things like fear or pride or anger. Even though the scriptures tell us that fear is not of God, somebody forgot to tell my flesh that, because there are times when I want to run and hide.

One of my favorite scriptures from the Book of Joshua says, "And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these 45 years ... and now, lo, I am this day 85 years old. As yet I am as strong this day ...as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in..." (Joshua 14:10)

This scripture proves that it is never too late. What an awesome God we serve. Joshua was a warrior, but he had some fears. The thing is that he would not let those fears keep him from moving forward. I love knowing that about him. It gives me hope, because if a warrior like Joshua could overcome his fears…I know that I can do it too. So, even when we don’t think we are where we should be…we can know that God will always give us the strength we need to pursue our purpose.

Until next time…

Be blessed