Do Not Fear Nor Be Dismayed

Deuteronomy 31:1–8 NKJV

Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. And he said to them: “I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’ The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said. And the Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them. The Lord will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you. Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”

The Promise is Before Us

The Challenges are Real (Numbers 13:28)

The people are strong.

The cities are fortified and large.

There are giants in the land.

The Battle is the LORD’s

He will destroy your enemies.

He will cause you to dispossess the place of your enemies.

He will give your enemies over to you.

1 Samuel 17:45–47 NKJV

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

2 Chronicles 20:15 NKJV

And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Be Strong and of Good Courage

Be strong in the LORD.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but facing your fears with faith, faith in God.

Do Not Fear Nor Be Dismayed

The LORD will go before you.

The LORD will be with you.

The LORD will not leave you nor forsake you.

Response to the Word

The promise is before you.

The challenges are real.

The battle is the LORD’s.

Be strong and of good courage.

Do not fear nor be dismayed.