26.23: Jesus in the Old Testament: Joshua 1, A Strong and Courageous, Godly Leader

<p>Today we start on a new adventure. God led Moses from <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/jesus-in-exodus-bible-study/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">the burning bush to Pharaoh, to the Red Sea, to Mt. Sinai</a>, then finally to <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/06/22/jesus-in-deuteronomy-finale-be-strong-and-courageous-and-fear-the-lord/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Mt. Nebo across the Jordan River from the Promised Land</a>. Unfortunately, Moses would never enter the land of Canaan. Why? Because Moses disobeyed God’s orders once at <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/06/10/jesus-in-numbers-part-8-god-looks-at-all-of-our-actions-seriously/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Meribah</a> where he hit the rock instead of talking to it like God told him to. <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/06/08/jesus-in-numbers-part-6-sinning-against-god-disobedience-has-its-consequences/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The other time was at the border of the Promised Land</a>, &nbsp;where God told them to go ahead in, that He would be with them. But, &nbsp;Moses sold out to the people and sent in the 12 spies. They didn’t trust &nbsp;God then, nor when the spies came back and only Joshua and Caleb &nbsp;trusted that God could protect them. Because of that mistrust, the &nbsp;Hebrews spent 40 years wandering in the desert until that mistrusting &nbsp;generation was dead and <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/06/14/jesus-in-numbers-finale-all-the-promised-land-is-a-sacred-place/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a new generation</a> got to enter the Land that God promised to their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.</p> <p>Now, with Moses dead, the leadership role transfers to Joshua. He was &nbsp;Moses’ right hand man since Mt. Sinai. He was with Moses on the &nbsp;mountain and saw God.</p> <p>The Book of Joshua is used a lot to teach leadership. It also teaches &nbsp;us to trust God. No matter what we encounter in life, if we trust God, &nbsp;He is bigg