Unique Success Proposition

UV 1282/10,000 Unique Success Proposition
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Joshua 1 v 5


This is an amazing promise of God to Joshua who succeeded Moses in wearing the mantle of leadership of Israel. Leadership is about direction while management is about directions. The right direction is far more vital than getting the right directions in place. There is no point in running faster or working more efficiently in the wrong direction. God saw that Joshua was following after the direction that He pointed out to Him. He anointed and empowered Joshua. He gave Joshua the authority to lead Israel. He promised him that no one would be able to confront him or challenge him or defeat or overcome him in any way. As a result, Joshua defeated 31 kings en route to establishing the nation of Israel in the land that God had pointed out to him. Joshua saw clearly that Moses succeeded in challenging the might and authority of Pharaoh as God Almighty was with Him. He developed the confidence that as long as He followed God step by step in the right direction, he would never fail in achieving the goal or mission of establishing the nation of Israel. He had the confidence that God who had led them this far would never forsake them.


We too must trust the Lord step by step and believe He is with us, that He would never leave us nor forsake us. He will fight for us and defeat every force and factor against us. He is more than conqueror as He loves us. It is His presence in us and with us that distinguishes us. As He was with Moses and with Joshua, He is with us today. We should not set great store by our natural strength or abilities or wealth or position or contacts but move in the direction the Lord leads us. Joshua did not say that the spirit of Moses is with him. He was not in awe of Moses but He was in awe of Jehovah. The Lord wants us not to focus on any man of God or person of the world, however great and powerful he or she might be. He wants us to focus on the author and finisher of our faith- Jesus. He is the author and finisher of our lives, our success, our goals, our desires, our strength and our influence. We need to first recognize that we cannot do it on our own. We need to be confident that we can do all things in Christ and with Christ.


We too have to defeat 31 kings. We have different types of battles and different types of foes. We have a variety of challenges, problems and difficulties. We too have many Red Seas and Jordans to cross though they may be more spiritual than physical hurdles. As long as we stick to God like a leech, we will draw our strength from Him. It will be reflected in our sense of security and contentment. It will be reflected in our reactions and responses to the stimuli we face in our environment on a daily basis. It will be reflected in our sense of priorities in life. Joshua’s USP or in this context Unique Success Proposition was that he diligently studied the Word of God and never swerved from the direction indicated in it to the left or to the right.


Prateep V Philip