Divine Direction | Joshua 1

1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

² Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

³ Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

⁴ From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

⁵ There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

OBSERVATION

• The Lord spoke first.

• God gave an instruction and a blessing and it was a specific result. Who the blessing was for was clear. 

• God told Joshua wherever he went was his, God gave him authority and information of where his possession were and how he would receive it, God told him where to go which is: wherever he went to get to the destination set by God.

• God told him exactly where was for him - from the wilderness unto the going down of the sun, He gave specific locations.

• God gave him a promise he would give him strength: God is with him, he will not fail him , nor forsake him.

ACTION

WORD BANK

Forsake: Abandon or leave, renounce, give up