Uncharted Territory: Taking New Ground

Uncharted Territory: Taking New Ground

Joshua 1:1–9

After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’s assistant: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan to the land I am giving the Israelites. 3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and west to the Mediterranean Sea. 5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you. 6 “Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance. 7 Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. 8 This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. 9 Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

1. You can only take new ground if you’re willing to on from the .

Joshua 1:1–3

After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to … “Moses my servant is dead. Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan to the land I am giving the Israelites. 3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses…

• With God’s and you can face anything the future holds.

Joshua 1:5                                                                                                                                          

No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you.  

2. You can only take new ground you have the and to.

3. You can only take new ground you have the and to be .

Joshua 1:7-8

Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. 8 This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. 

4. Your strength and courage is not just for you—it’s for those you and .

Joshua 1:9-10

Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, 11 “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get provisions ready for yourselves, for within three days you will be crossing the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit.’”

Joshua 1:16, 18b

They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go… Above all, be strong and courageous!”

Final Thought: was strong and courageous for us—so that He can be strong and courageous us.