2019-01-06 – Be Bold

God is with us! When things are going great, God is with you. When you hit a rough patch, God is with you. When you are tempted, remember that God is with you. When you take on a big challenge, God is with you.

One of Jesus’ names is Emmanuel which means God with us. 

In the garden of Eden, God was there with Adam and Eve until sin separated Him from us. 

The Israelites spent 40 years in the desert and one of the most important lessons was that God was with them. He gave them explicit instructions on how to build a tabernacle so that His presence could be right there among the people. He was with them as a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. God was with them.

God sent His son to live with us and to be with us. He wants to be with us always and will do amazing things to accomplish that. He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell within us. The Bible is full of examples of God reaching out to us to be with us. 

When we accept Jesus into our lives, He comes to live in us. You are a temple for God! This is really important. But it isn’t the end.

We live as believers that the holy Spirit lives in us and gives us power and goes everywhere we go.

At the end of Revelation, God sends the holy city down for us and God finally comes to live with us forever. God wants to be with you!

We need to be bold and strong because the Lord is with us. We need to take back our cities and our countries to correct the work of the enemy. We need to be bold and loving to do so.

God told Joshua that He wanted the Israelites to take the land. Throughout the beginning of the book of Joshua God told him to be bold and strong and courageous because God was with him. Why did God need to tell him that so many times? Because things had changed. The cloud that went before them went away. 

Every day you need to step in boldness because the Lord is with you. We need to be bold for the people who are with us. There are people in your life who need your boldness. Your boldness can help them to be bold. It can help them to be confident and strong and courageous. People rely on you to have faith. Even people that you don’t know are relying on you.

Your boldness needs to go with obedience to God. This is vital. If you don’t go with obedience to God, you may lose His favor. Sometimes this is difficult. It can go against your desires. But you need to be bold and obey the Lord!

You need to meditate on Gods work all the time. This is your path to prosperity. We need to speak the word of God. We need to speak what is true to the people around us. How else will they learn?

Do not be afraid. Do not be dismayed or discourages or depressed. God is with you. God can drive out the fear. 

Boldness doesn’t need to be big and strong. It can be gentle and kind. It can be loving.