Joshua 1:6-9 (NLT) 6 “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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I am struck by the cause/effect given here. Joshua is emphatically told to be careful to obey, study, meditate so that he would prosper. He was called to lead and as a leader he needed to keep his mission/marching orders in front of him at all times. A leader who knows where he is going is a leader who is easy to follow. A leader who waffles in his direction creates chaos behind him.
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