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OUR DAILY BREAD                       Thursday, September 8, 1994
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READ: Joshua 1:1-9


                        "EQUIPPED FOR THE TASK"

                    "Be strong and of good courage;...
                        for the Lord your God 
                     is with you wherever you go." 

                              Joshua 1:9

I was in England during World War II working as a surgical 
technician in an army hospital when I heard the shocking radio 
announcement: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt is dead!" I was saddened 
and troubled. Was Vice President Harry Truman qualified to be 
President?

I was relieved when I heard him say that he felt as if an enormous 
weight had fallen on his shoulders and that he desired people 
everywhere to pray for him. This reassured me that he humbly 
recognized his inadequacies and his need for God's help.

Few of us will ever be thrust into a position of leadership with 
duties of that magnitude, but most of us know the feeling of 
inadequacy in the face of great responsibility we are about to 
assume. It might be that of taking on a new job, getting a 
promotion at work, choosing a spouse, becoming a parent, or 
accepting a new ministry in Sunday school or church. 

When we face a new challenge, we can take courage from the Lord's 
words to Joshua (1:9). We can accept our opportunity as from Him 
and believe that He will give us all we need to do it well. If we 
meditate on His Word, obey it, prayerfully rely on Him, and work 
diligently, He will do the rest. He will equip us for the task.

- Herbert Vander Lugt

             The Lord will give you help and strength
                      For work He bids you do:
                To serve Him from a heart of love
                       Is all He asks of you.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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God's call to a task includes His strength to complete it.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 26-29 

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