Daily Reading - "I Will Give It To You In Your Hand." Joshua 8:18 NKJV

Here is how it read today...

Fri. Jan 23
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"I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU IN YOUR HAND." (JOSHUA 8:18 NKJV)
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God's got you covered!

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Before going into battle God said to Joshua: "Stretch out your spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." It's amazing how courageous you become when you know God's got you covered. When you know He's behind you, you can say, "No weapon formed against you will prevail" (See Isa 54:17). Remember as a child how secure you felt in a fight, knowing your big brother or sister was behind you? Well, God is backing you up!

..........The Problem is, we say all sorts of things without first checking to find out if God's behind us. When Satan says, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" (As 19:15 NKJV), you must know two things: (a) That you are in right standing with God. (b) That it's His fight as well as yours. Jesus said, "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Mt 18:18 NIV). There must be agreement in both realms Jesus taught us to pray, "You will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Mt 6:10 NIV), because if it's not approved where He is, it's not approved where you are either. Your confidence comes from knowing you're operating according to God's will.

..........The Bible calls us "laborers together with God" (1Co 3:9), so don't go off and do your own thing. Don't try moving anything the Lord doesn't want moved, or raising anybody from the Lazarus He calls forth. We do on earth, only what we know He's declared to be His will in heaven. That way we know we're covered.