Siku 5
Yoshua 1:1-9
Somo la Maandiko(ESV)
1After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,
2“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
3Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
4From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.
5No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
6Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
7Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
8This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Tafakari ya leo
Akisimama katika kikomo cha sura mpya inayokataa, Yosua anakamatia moja ya ahadi nzuri za Maandiko kuhusu ujasiri. Mara tatu Mungu anamkamatia awe 'wenye nguvu na ujasiri'—si kwa sababu changamoto zinakamatia kuwepo, lakini kwa sababu uwepo wa Mungu ilikuwa ni kuwepo zaidi. Ujasiri Mungu anutoa si kutoweka kwa hofu lakini imani inayofanya kazi licha ya hofu. Ahadi ya Mungu ni mahsusi na daimi: 'Sitakuacha wala sitakukataa.' Hii si uwepo wa kimungu tu lakini zama za Mungu—Mungu mmoja aliyekuwa na Musa atakuwa na Yosua. Siri ya ujasiri inapatikana katika kufikiri Maandiko sana na usiku, kuruhusu ahadi zake kuundika muonekano wetu zaidi ya hali yetu. Mafanikio ya Yosua hayakusokota kutoka kwa mkakati wake wa jeshi lakini kutoka kwa msingi wake wa kiroho. Kwa misingi ya safari yako, umekuta usalama, upendo, amani, na neema. Sasa Mungu anakukamatia uende mbele kwa ujasiri. Ardhi yako iliyoahidiwa inaweza kuonekana tofauti na ile ya Yosua, lakini Mungu mmoja aliyeamka Yosua awe na ujasiri ni anakamatia maneno hayo kuhusu maisha yako leo.
Tafakari
Ni hatua gani maalum ya ujasiri Mungu anakukaribia, na jinsi gani ahadi yake kuwa haoku kamatia akukamatia nguvu yako?
Mwongozo wa sala
Mwombe Mungu akujaze ujasiri kwa changamoto zinakamatia mbele, na mshukuru kwa ahadi yake kuwa kamatia kila wakati...
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