“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let the Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:6-9
I have been meaning to write this blog for four days now. I even sat down to do it twice before now. Needless to say, we have been very busy. This week we have a group of 260 joining us from Georgia, all high school-ers. We began by helping prepare the area for everyone to sleep, getting groceries, and cleaning the camp grounds.
That was the easy part. There were positions of leadership that needed to be fulfilled. I am now in one of those positions. I am a ‘site leader’ which means that I have a fair amount of responsibility in something that I have never done before, for a lot of people.
All year long I have been trying to run from being in a position of leadership and it has continued to chase after me and catch me. Our project leader spoke on how we each have a piece, a part to the puzzle. He challenged us to take hold of that piece, to embrace who we are in God, whom He wants us to be.
These verses from Joshua have been my guide these past few days. There are many commands and many promises within three verses. I especially like “for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” He is with me, He has asked me to do this, and I want to serve my Lord.
