Going through discouragement can be a tough season for anyone. It can be a lack of confidence and cause a person to be disheartened. We can make poor decisions based off the discouragement and despair we are going through. The story of Joshua teaches us a few things about discouragement.
Joshua was challenged with discouragement as he led the people of Israel into the promised land. Joshua's discouragement is no different than what people today go through at work, home, and in our day-to-day life.

There are several truths the Christian should remember from God's Word when dealing with discouragement.

Your relationship with the Lord is just that...a relationship. You can go to God in prayer to ask for strength and healing in your despair. You can open up God's Word and hear from God what He has for you. Commune with God in your prayer and Bible reading time.

It is easy to say this, but harder to do. There are many situations in my life where I talk a good game, but the moment comes and I am weak. Christians can be strong and courageous not because of anything within themselves, but the Lord who is with them. The Israelites are promised here that God will be with them. Don't just read over that, but let it sink in. The people are promised that God is with them. You can be strong and courageous because God is with you.

You are strong and courageous, but the people here are commanded to obey the law of Moses. They are to still be submitting themselves to the Word of God. He also continues to say that if you do not turn from it, they will have success. Understand this may not be worldly success, but you will be blessed. You will be prosperous. But the writer calls them to meditate on the Word day and night. They can be strong, courageous, prosperous, and have good success because they have rooted their life in the Word of God.

Root your life today in God's Word. Think about it day and night that it will affect your heart and the way you live. In a time of discouragement and despair, go back to God's Word and let that be your source of encouragement. Think about the gospel what Jesus went through that He could save you from what you could not save yourself from.

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