This morning we begin worship with:
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
This is a command that is a series of commands to a newly appointed Joshua. And the command to Joshua was to follow another list of commands. That is the Book of the Law. In other words he got his”Marching Orders”.
Some take the words prosperous (ṣālēaḥ) and success śāḵal) to mean a life without problems filled with affluence and obedient children. No, there words are associated with success on the battlefield and in administering justice. These words come after bloodshed and crime. During all of which we should be resolute.
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