Courageous people take action in the face of fear: they fear forward.

Courageous people have developed an unshakeable trust in God.

Joshua 1:1-9
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

1. Trust in the presence of God.

Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Hebrews 13:5
[…] for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

There is a difference between saying “God is everywhere,” and saying, “God is here.”

The manifest presence of God occurs in actual time and space, and results in biblical truth being carried from the mind to the heart.

2. Trust in the provision of God.

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

If we learn to trust in God’s promise of our future needs being met, it will be very hard for fear to survive.

Whatever God does is done in a way worthy of Himself.

3. Trust in the providence of God.

The doctrine of divine providence asserts that God is in complete control of all things.

Isaiah 45:1-3
Thus says the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.

READ
Psalm 27:1
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Psalm 91:9-11
Isaiah 26:3-4

WRITE
Romans 8:37-39
Isaiah 41:10
Philippians 4:6-7
Matthew 19:26

REMEMBER
Philippians 4:13
Psalm 91:1-2
Hebrews 4:14-16
2 Timothy 1:7