The thing that I find interesting about Joshua chapter one is that four times in the text the great leader of Israel is told to be strong and courageous. Why would this be such an issue? Because; apparently Joshua wasn’t very courageous at that point in time. The nation of Israel was about to head into the promise land, something they had not done before, and Joshua was charged with leading them. The possibility of fear was real. The danger. The unknown. God’s odd battle plan of marching around Jericho…
