COURAGE IV. HE IS WITH ME

                                               

            

COURAGE IV.

 HE IS WITH ME

Deuteronomy 31:1-6 (ESV)

"1 So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel. 2 And he said to them, "I am 120 years old today. I am no longer able to go out and come in. The LORD has said to me, 'You shall not go over this Jordan.' 3 The LORD your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, as the LORD has spoken. 4 And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. 5 And the LORD will give them over to you, and you shall do to them according to the whole commandment that I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."

I. COURAGEOUS PEOPLE KNOW

1. You Must Know Whose & Who You are 

            a)  Made like God and in His image. Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image,  after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."        

           b) You were created in authority and with authority 

           c)  You were created in victory over then power of the enemy 

           d) You were created with victory in mind. Never defeat. Everything will work for your good (Ro.8:28).

You were born to win

You are already victorious   

II. TAKE COURAGE TO FULFILL GOD'S WORD 

2Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

1. Life situations can cause us to forget whose we are

Gideon judged his condition by his situation 

Judges 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor. 13 And Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

      2. What you are afraid of is afraid of you

Goliath threatened Israel because he was afraid of the covenant children. 

David walked in courage because he realized whose he was

1 Sam 17:26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

In time of trouble ask yourself two questions:

1.      Who Is With Me?

2.      What is His promise for me? 

God Promise of Restoration 

Joel 2:25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.

Characteristics of a Courageous Person

• Courageous people do exploits (take action).Dan 11:32
• Courageous people know the battle is not finished until is won
• Courageous people recover all 1 Sam 30:8