Be Courageous
Sunday Service 5th December, 2021
Topic: Be Courageous III
Text: Joshua 1:5-8, Deut. 1:6, 1 Timothy 6:12
Minister: Rev. Dr. Akinkuolie Olusola
Courage as defined in this study is the strength of purpose that enables one face adversity and obstacles. True courage weathers the storm based on a given word. The word of God is replete with words that should evoke courage in times of trial. Isaiah 43:2 speaks categorically and definitively of His sure and ever-abiding presence even in the storm. It takes faith to be courageous. This faith is the one that overcomes 1 John 5:4; Faith does not deny the trouble but finds expression INSPITE of the trouble. You must never take a detour or circumvent the troubles. The faith you have causes you to prevail. Every true blessing has its journey and this journey is often in the similitude of a wilderness experience. God takes a believer from a thing, place or state, through and to a destination. This eventual destination is a perfection of original divine intent; and an opposite of where you once were. However, when you transit from and to, you must go through (a passage). Never make the passage a terminus. Many believers through fear and discouragement, make the passage a terminus. They get to a point where a momentary time of patience seem as though it is the end, and they make it so. The children of Israel were in the wilderness which was a passage to the perfect plan of God. In Numbers 13, Moses picked men to spy the land of Canaan; and the whole camp believed the evil report brought back to them; In Chapter 14:1-3, they cried and murmured and opted to return to where they came from. Lack of faith and trust in God makes us opt for a backward turn in aversion to God’s very intent in the very face of trial. This does not depict a life of courage. Joshua and Caleb were the minority who chose to trust in the words of God, which was full of promise of a land. They knew this was a passage to a purposed destiny. Never make vocal or verbalize the devil’s wish; which is to make you speak and annul with your very own words, God’s divine plan and purposes for your life. Quit getting used to the wilderness; you only should traverse the wilderness to your predestined end. The wilderness is not your end. It is not a full stop; permit me to say, it is a ‘comma’ in your written vision. God’s promises then confer on you, permission to possess; and on your way to possession, He gifts you His power and presence. God demands that you speak and decree. What you deserve and desire will never come on you; you must demand what you deserve. Romans 10:6; The word is nigh, even in your mouth. Halleluyah.
Prayers
1. Every voice speaking impossibility in my life be silenced in Jesus Name
2. Every demonic plan programmed into my life be nullified by fire
3. Every paralyzing fear in operation over my life lose your hold in the Name of Jesus
