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Prayer

Heavenly Father, God I ask that you would speak through your servant this morning.

I pray that you have been working on the hearts of the people here today to receive this message.

Introduction

Good afternoon I’m Chaplain Eskind and I have the privilege today to share a message with you.

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5 No 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.

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

7 Only 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. 8 This 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.

9 Have 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.”

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Heavenly Father, God I ask that you would speak through your servant this morning.

I pray that you have been working on the hearts of the people here today to receive this message.

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College Football Coaches in Transition.

Saban to Miles to Coach O.

Much like the transition of college football coaches, we witness great changes in leadership both at the troop and squadron level.

In the military we are consistently changing all the time.

We PCS and move.

Transitions

Our lives today are filled with transition.

With transitions come strong emotions such as fear, wonder, worry, strength, excitement, insecurity, sadness, disappointment.

Sometimes we are happy when certain people PCS and they are happy when we PCS.

Sometimes a transition means relief.

Now imagine with me that you’ve been working with a person for about 40+ years.

You're the second in command or Executive officer.

You know how the boss likes his coffee when he’s bored or upset about something.

Your family, maybe more than family.

You know that you will be the boss one day, but that day seems far off.

That’s the place where we find Joshua.

He’s taking command of a nation from one of the greatest leaders ever to walk the earth, Moses.

Today we will be in .

Please listen along with me.

5 No 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.

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

7 Only 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. 8 This 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.

9 Have 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.”

But who is Joshua?

Joshua was one of the few figures portrayed positively in contrast to other figures in the old testament.

At one point he was a spy or scout.

He lead an small team to explore the promise land.

He was one of the few who believed they could take on the enemies of the nation.Joshua was the leader who led Israel into the Promised Land, obeyed God faithfully.

Joshua provides an Old Testament model of what might be expected from the Messiah.

With good reason, the Greek name “Jesus” is equivalent to the Hebrew name “Joshua,” which means, “the Lord is salvation.”

As Israel’s warrior, Joshua is a type of Christ as the Lord’s warrior.

I believe we can learn a lot from Joshua about how to transition well.

When going through a transition God requires only obedience in service to himself.

Transitions require us to be Strong and Courageous

Interesting enough if we observe the scripture in verse 1 we see how Moses viewed himself as a servant of God.

This showed his personal relationship to God was that of servanthood.

It was common in that day to be called a “servant of X deity”.

Moses belonged to God and was what?

He was a servant.

Joshua is referred to as the “assistant to Moses.”

Joshua’s status was even lower in servanthood to Moses.

After Moses died, God speaks to Joshua in the same way he spoke to Moses.

This tells us that Joshua was uniquely gifted to take on this responsibility.

In the New Testament, Jesus introduces us to a new type of relationship that believers can have and that is one of “friend.”

Oh, to be called a friend of God.

That’s a pretty big jump from servant to friend when you think about it.

It’s all about relationship.

Let’s take a look at how Jesus changed the viewpoint.

John 15:15 ESVNo longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.The apostle Paul continually refers to himself as a servant of Christ.

I believe this shows us how we are called to follow orders of Christ.

This is a call to friendship as Paul repeatedly states is also a call to willingly submit to Gods call.How do we live out this call?

It is through faithfulness.

Our second point for going through a transition is that God is faithful to fulfill his promises in his people’s lives.God is faithful to fulfill his promises in his people’s lives.2-3:

If your life was summed up in one to two sentences what would that look like?

“Pause”.

I mean if at the end of your time on earth, how would you want to be remembered?Verses 2-5 give us the summary of Joshua’s mission in life.

More than that the verses reveal the main character of the book of Joshua is actually the Lord God of Israel!

It is God who promises that his people will inherit this gift of land.

The Lord lays out his marching orders for Joshua as the new leader of Israel.

God speaks to Joshua and reminds him that his servant Moses has passed and reassures him that the command is his.

All the responsibilities that come with that.

The ultimate Change of Command ceremony!

What is it that God requires of his new commander?

He requires loyalty to God and his commandments.

To meditate on his word day and night.

To not lean on his own understanding but fully trust in Gods promises.

God had promised this place to the nation of Israel generations before Joshua or Moses even were in existence.

God works on his own timeline.

God chose to fulfill his promises through the leadership of Joshua.

4: In Verse 4 we are shown the specific and clear boundaries that God outlines for Joshua.

Our God is not a God of confusion but of logic and order.

God promised a land that was full of the Israelites enemies.

This wasn’t going to be an easy mission for Joshua.

The Lord reassures him that things are going to be good.5: