NEVER EVER GIVE UP COURAGE

Post date: Feb 16, 2015 4:57:36 AM

“No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. Be strong, confident and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:5-9

There is something big in being courageous and remaining so; courage keeps you lively, hopeful and active in seeking meaningful progress; courage keeps your mind open and your heart ready to receive inspiration and knowledge; courage reveals that there are better things in this life for you despite the current situation; it reveals that are better things to do for a better living, and there are better things to achieve by going forward than what is presently happening; courage reminds you that there are greater things just waiting for you to appear at the scene; courage reminds you that things are waiting for your command, waiting for your consistency, waiting for you arrival at the right time in the right place, and waiting for you as you make moves to seek God through salvation and justification. Divine courage defeats all satanic distractions and overcome satanic huddles of destruction. Your strength is not in your daily struggles but in your daily courage to keep up and stay alert; your next success in life is not in your fears and thoughts to withdraw but in your courageous determination to move forward despite the challenges seeking to keep you off tract, irrelevant and weak; your next promotion is not in your grumbling about what and how others are doing, but in your courage to remain courageous in all things, and to remind yourself that your day will definitely come.

It is a fact that you will have challenges that seeks to discourage and depress you; you will pass through several temptations that seeks to condemn you; you will experience several trials that seeks to show the world that you are incompetent and lack the drive and training to achieve needed results; that you were never prepared to navigate life meaningfully; you will have several confrontations and oppositions seeking to keep you backward, hold you down the same place year in year out and seek to kill the very best in you from inside; but despite all that, none will ever overcome your drive when you refuse to be discouraged in the right things that you are doing. Let courage be your guard when you wake up in the morning, and let courage be your companion when you return home every day. Never allow disappointment consume the spirit of encouragement in you, every new day is another opportunity for better things.    

Despite what you will ever experience in life, despite the number of people standing to oppose you and the things standing to hinder you; despite the frustrations, the hard times and the hard things on your way; despite the delays in having expected results and peace; despite the denials of what you are qualified for and deserve despite the humiliations by people and the shame from within, never give up your courage in Christ, never give up your trust in God, and never give up looking up to Him for the next idea and the next step to take. Never give up believing in the promises, never give up doing good and being good, never give up speaking right and well, never give up lifting up the promises of God above your weaknesses, failures and your often mistakes, and never forget that your success is hidden right inside your courage to stand up and go forward and doing what is right and acceptable again. For prayers, Click here