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Joshua 1:1-9 | Like the two wings of a bird, like the two oars of a boat, both essential to its proper movement, are the two principles of faith and obedience, which are ever linked together in a rightly regulated Christian life, and which are interwoven in the opening scenes of the book of Joshua.
The Watchword of Faith
The Land of Promise was won by faith. Every step was a step of faith: the Jordan was crossed by faith; by faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been compassed seven days; by faith Rahab was saved, and perished not with them who believed not. By faith every victory was achieved in their onward progress until at last Caleb had claimed the heights of Hebron, and Joshua had reached his inheritance at Timnath Serah. Here we have some of the features of faith most strongly emphasized.
We have the present tense of faith—Joshua 1:2b: "The land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites." God here speaks in the immediate present. It is not something He is going to do, but something He does do, this moment. So faith ever speaks. So God ever gives. So He is meeting you today, in the present moment.
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