I will never leave you nor forsake you.
—Joshua 1:5
“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Josh. 1:9).
With those three sentences, God commissioned Joshua and gave you a path to follow.
The first sentence consists of two positive directives: Be strong and courageous.
The second sentence consists of two negative directives: Do not be afraid or discouraged.
The third sentence consists of one promise: The Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
The first two sentences hinge on the third. Strength, courage, conquest of fear, and defeat of discouragement come from a single source: unwavering faith in the presence of God. “God is with you wherever you go.”
Have carved-in-stone faith in those words.
Wherever you are, so is he.