말씀:여호수아1:1-1:9

1여호와의종모세가죽은후에여호와께서모세에게수종자눈의아들여호수아에게말씀하여이르시되
2내종모세가죽었으니이제너는이모든백성과더불어일어나이요단을건너내가그들곧이스라엘자손에게주는그땅으로가라
3내가모세에게말한바와같이너희발바닥으로밟는곳은모두내가너희에게주었노니
4곧광야와이레바논에서부터큰강곧유브라데강까지헷족속의온땅과또해지는쪽대해까지너희의영토가되리라
5네평생에너를능히대적할자가없으리니내가모세와함께있었던것같이너와함께있을것임이니라내가너를떠나지아니하며버리지아니하리니
6강하고담대하라너는내가그들의조상에게맹세하여그들에게주리라한땅을이백성에게차지하게하리라
7오직강하고극히담대하여나의종모세가네게명령한그율법을다지켜행하고우로나좌로나치우치지말라그리하면어디로가든지형통하리니
8이율법책을네입에서떠나지말게하며주야로그것을묵상하여그안에기록된대로다지켜행하라그리하면네길이평탄하게될것이며네가형통하리라
9내가네게명령한것이아니냐강하고담대하라두려워하지말며놀라지말라네가어디로가든지네하나님여호와가너와함께하느니라하시니라

1AfterthedeathofMosestheservantoftheLord,theLordsaidtoJoshuasonofNun,Moses’aide:
2"Mosesmyservantisdead.Nowthen,youandallthesepeople,getreadytocrosstheJordanRiverintothelandIamabouttogivetothem-totheIsraelites.
3Iwillgiveyoueveryplacewhereyousetyourfoot,asIpromisedMoses.
4.YourterritorywillextendfromthedeserttoLebanon,andfromthegreatriver,theEuphrates-alltheHittitecountry-totheGreatSeaonthewest.
5Noonewillbeabletostandupagainstyouallthedaysofyourlife.AsIwaswithMoses,soIwillbewithyou;Iwillneverleaveyounorforsakeyou.
6"Bestrongandcourageous,becauseyouwillleadthesepeopletoinheritthelandIsworetoheirforefatherstogivethem.
7Bestrongandverycourageous.BecarefultoobeyallthelawmyservantMosesgaveyou;donotturnfromittotherightortotheleft,thatyoumaybesuccessfulwhereveryougo.
8DonotletthisBookoftheLawdepartfromyourmouth;meditateonitdayandnight,sothatyoumaybecarefultodoeverythingwritteninit.Thenyouwillbeprosperousandsuccessful.
9HaveInotcommandedyou?Bestrongandcourageous.Donotbeterrified;donotbediscouraged,fortheLordyourGodwillbewithyouwhereveryougo."

모세와여호수아의소명은달랐다.
광야의세월을보내고모세는하나님이약속하신땅을바라보며세상을떠났다.

그뒤를이은것이눈의아들여호수아였다.
여호수아는모세의시종으로하나님과모세가어떻게가까운지를잘아는사람이었다.

하나님은여호수아에게강을건너약속하신땅에들어가땅을가지라고명령하신다.
그리고평생에대적할자가없을것이라약속하신다.
여호수아의소명은싸워서땅을얻는데있었다.

하나님은강하고담대하라는말씀을세번이나강조해서말씀하신다.
또한율법책을입에서떠나지말게하고주야로묵상하여기록된대로다지켜행하라고하신다.
그러면길이평탄하며형통할것이라고하신다.

광야길이끝났을때그것으로모든고생이끝난것이아니었다.
젖과꿀이흐르는땅은싸워서얻어야했던땅이다.

함께하시는하나님께서두려워하지말며놀라지말라고하신다.
함께하시는하나님의능력으로주어진소명을다하자.