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Welcome to the Fortress of Fortitude
Hello fellow Heroes!
This week we’ll be talking about responsibility. You’ve probably heard from the movie and comic book world the saying, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” It’s usually said by some old dying uncle or the girlfriend of the hero or some other meaningful person in the hero’s life. This is really true of our hero this week, Joshua. Joshua was given the task of taking over leading the Hebrew people into the Promised Land after Moses died. As we learned a couple of weeks ago, Moses had it all. God had given him all kinds of abilities to lead the Hebrews out of slavery with the Egyptians. Now, the power was going to be passed on to Moses’ most trusted friend.
It was probably very scary for Joshua but God sent help and comfort to Joshua to let him know that the Lord would not abandon him. He did this in the form of He that is known as Captain of the Lord’s Hosts. Whenever you see this name in the Old Testament, it is believed that this is Jesus himself, come to earth in heavenly form, long before He came down as a man. Wow! What better way to receive you gifts and orders than from the very physical presence of Jesus Himself! How do you think this affected Joshua’s confidence and his responsibility? How about his obedience and faith? As always don’t take my word for what happened here, go ahead and read about Joshua in the book of Joshua Chapters 1-6. Take particular note of the woman named Rahab. You’ll be hearing more about her later in our hero lessons.
With much love,
Mr. David.
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