“One Year Bible” Old Testament History Passage
Joshua 22:21-23:16
“One man of you shall chase a thousand,for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you. Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the Lord your God.” Joshua 23:10-11 (NKJV)
The most powerful thing ON EARTH is a man or woman who is right with God. He says that you can chase a force 1,000 times larger than you are! A righteous person CANNOT BE DEFEATED. Please note that this does not mean a PERFECT man. It means a righteous man – a man who stands in right relationship to God.
This is the simple key to victory. The just shall live by faith! If we love the Lord, if we trust in Him, the Bible says that He will fight for us. Satan trembles at the man or woman who trusts fully in God. Therefore, Satan’s major trick is to turn our eyes away from the Lord and to get us to focus on ourselves. Satan wants us to stand on our own merits. He can then easily defeat us.
But if we stand fully on the merits of Christ, we are already conquerors. This thread of truth runs throughout Scripture. So today, will you trust in the Lord. If so, “this is the victory that overcomes the world – even our faith” (I John 5:4).