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So are you worried?
Maybe you’re thinking, ‘About what?’
Well, what we expect from you.
Now you’ve been through Gilead;
soon you will be Gilead graduates.
It’s a big thing.
And I think it changed you,
changed your life,
and changed how you
will be used going forward.
It’s one of these situations
where much has been given to you
and much is expected from you.
And maybe on top of that,
there could also be
new assignments and responsibilities
that have been given to you
or will be given to you.
We have great expectations.
So now are you worried?
Do you feel the weight of this?
It’s not unlike the situation
that Joshua was in when Moses died.
When Moses died,
Joshua became the leader of the nation.
So now he was the one
to take them across the Jordan
into the Promised Land
and conquer this huge area.
I mean, maybe he was worried.
Think of it: Just one man
in charge of a nation of millions
and having to conquer
many other nations.
Yeah, maybe he was worried.
What Jehovah said to him
must have felt good.
Open your Bibles to Joshua chapter 1.
In Joshua chapter 1, and in verse 2,
Jehovah is talking to Joshua.
And he says:
“Moses my servant is dead.
“Now get up, cross the Jordan,
“you and all this people,
“and go into the land
that I’m giving to them,
“to the people of Israel.
“I will give you every place
on which you set your foot,
“just as I promised Moses.
“Your territory will extend
from the wilderness up to Lebanon
“and to the great river, the Euphrates
—all of the land of the Hittites—
“and to the Great Sea on the west.
“No one will be able to take a stand
“against you as long as you live.
“Just as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you.
“I’ll neither desert you nor abandon you.
“Be courageous and strong,
“for you are the one who will cause
this people to inherit the land
that I swore to their forefathers
I would give to them.”
Look at verse 3 again:
“I will give you every place
on which you set your foot.”
Wow!
Or verse 5:
‘No one will be able
to take a stand against you
‘as long as you live.
I’ll be with you.
I’ll not abandon you.’
I mean, it must have felt good
—reassuring—this knowing
that he had Jehovah’s backing.
It was also a big assignment,
a great responsibility.
They were to conquer a huge area,
so it was going to be battle after battle,
city after city, nation after nation.
It was a big responsibility.
What is Jehovah doing to prepare him?
What is Jehovah telling Joshua to do?
Look at verse 7:
“Only be courageous and very strong,
“and observe carefully the entire Law
that Moses my servant commanded you.
“Do not deviate from it
either to the right or to the left,
“so that you may act wisely wherever you go.
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth,
“and you must read in it
in an undertone day and night,
“in order to observe carefully
all that is written in it;
“for then your way will be successful
and then you will act wisely.
“Have I not commanded you?
“Be courageous and strong.
“Do not be struck with terror or fear,
for Jehovah your God is with you
wherever you go.”
But, again, in verse 8, you know,
he is told to ‘read the Law every day
and follow it and then he will be wise
and have success.’
The first reaction here could be:
‘Well, that is good.
But honestly, doesn’t he need
a little bit more than that?’
Think of it: He’s going to go out there
and fight many wars;
he’s going to lead a nation;
he’s going to lead an army in war.
I mean, what if Jehovah in addition
to reading the Law also had told him:
“Every day for two hours every day,
“you’ll practice your sword,
“your sword-fighting skills.
“And two hours every day,
you’ll also study war,
how to lead an army,
and some war strategy”?
Jehovah didn’t ask for any of that.
And then you can ask, ‘Why not?’
Well, Jehovah knew that He was going
to help the Israelites with that part of it.
He was going to fight for them.
And you can also ask,
‘How do you prepare
for the way that Jehovah fights?’
So think of the very first city
that they conquered, Jericho.
I mean, what was
the war strategy for Jericho?
Joshua was told to have the army
march around Jericho
followed by seven priests
(each with a ram’s horn
and blowing the ram’s horn)
followed by priests
carrying the Ark
followed by a rear guard.
They walk around the city
one time every day for six days.
And on the seventh day,
they walk around seven times.
And on the seventh round
when they hear the ram’s horn,
then the people are going
to let out a war cry.
And then the walls will just fall down,
and you can walk in and conquer the city.
That was the strategy for Jericho.
I mean, I don’t think you can pick that up
from books written,
or authored, by human beings.
This is not—
This is not human logic,
but this is the way that Jehovah fights.
Or think of later battles
where Jehovah fought for the Israelites,
like Jehoshaphat’s army when they
were faced with an enemy war machine.
Jehoshaphat was told:
“The battle is not yours but God’s.”
So instead of fighting, you know,
he put singers in front of the army,
singing praises to Jehovah.
You know, they never had to fight;
Jehovah fought for them.
Or what about Gideon?
Three hundred men going up against
an army of 135,000 men
—I mean, this is not human logic.
This is not something you can pick up
from books written on war strategies
authored by humans,
but this is how Jehovah fights.
And, of course, Jehovah knew
that when he talked to Joshua.
He knew that He was going to fight for him.
So go back and look at it again.
What is it that Jehovah is asking
Joshua to do?
At chapter 1 and verse 8, Jehovah told him:
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth,
and you must read it
in an undertone day and night.”
So he’s told to read the Law
and follow it and read it every day.
I mean, what is this?
Is Jehovah just keeping him busy,
kind of thinking—knowing—
that Jehovah would fight these wars for them?
“So, Joshua, you read the Bible.”
Is that it?
No.
What Jehovah is asking Joshua
to do is very important.
What Jehovah is asking Joshua
to do is kind of key
to the success of everything
that they’re going to do
for the next many years.
Jehovah is asking Joshua to do the one thing
that Jehovah cannot do for him.
Maybe you’re thinking, ‘Is there anything
that Jehovah cannot do for us?’
Yeah, there is.
Jehovah is asking Joshua to be good:
‘Protect your heart;
do what is right; follow the Law.’
Jehovah knew that He was not going
to force Joshua to do that.
Only Joshua could do this.
And without it, everything was going
to fall apart for them.
They were going to need Jehovah’s help.
They were going up against nations.
And here I’m quoting Jehovah:
‘They’re going to go up against
nations bigger and stronger than they are.’
They really needed
Jehovah’s help in all of this.
So imagine what would happen
if Joshua turned bad,
if he became corrupt.
And we don’t have to imagine it.
We know what would happen
because it kind of happened
with the very next city after Jericho.
When they went up against the city of Ai,
they lost that battle and men were killed
because of Achan’s wrongdoing.
Achan was just a soldier.
I mean, imagine what would happen
if Joshua did wrong.
Joshua, as the leader of the nation
—if he became corrupt, turned bad,
yeah, everything would fail for them.
I mean, what Jehovah
is asking Joshua to do
is so important,
and it’s something that only Joshua can do:
‘Protect your heart; keep your integrity.’
And if they did that,
they would do nothing but win.
Then Jehovah would bless them,
and He would fight for them.
I think there is a lesson in that
for all of us
and also for you Gilead students,
or soon-to-be graduates.
I mean, you’re going out there
and taking on new assignments.
You’re going to move the Kingdom forward;
you’re going to fight Jehovah’s battles.
They are not your battles;
they are Jehovah’s battles.
So you also need his help.
You need Jehovah’s blessing,
and Jehovah can make you successful.
You know, what did he say to Joshua?
You’re going to win
on “every place on which you set your foot.”
And what are you to do?
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth.”
So in other words:
‘You read the Bible every day,
you follow it, you protect your heart,
‘and Jehovah is going to be with you;
‘he will bless you
and will make you successful.
And you have nothing to worry about.’

Per Christensen: Are You Worried?—159th Gilead Graduation
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Per Christensen: Are You Worried?—159th Gilead Graduation

So are you worried?
Maybe you’re thinking, ‘About what?’
Well, what we expect from you.
Now you’ve been through Gilead;
soon you will be Gilead graduates.
It’s a big thing.
And I think it changed you,
changed your life,
and changed how you
will be used going forward.
It’s one of these situations
where much has been given to you
and much is expected from you.
And maybe on top of that,
there could also be
new assignments and responsibilities
that have been given to you
or will be given to you.
We have great expectations.
So now are you worried?
Do you feel the weight of this?
It’s not unlike the situation
that Joshua was in when Moses died.
When Moses died,
Joshua became the leader of the nation.
So now he was the one
to take them across the Jordan
into the Promised Land
and conquer this huge area.
I mean, maybe he was worried.
Think of it:  Just one man
in charge of a nation of millions
and having to conquer
many other nations.
Yeah, maybe he was worried.
What Jehovah said to him
must have felt good.
Open your Bibles to Joshua chapter 1.
In Joshua chapter 1, and in verse 2,
Jehovah is talking to Joshua.
And he says:
“Moses my servant is dead.
“Now get up, cross the Jordan,
“you and all this people,
“and go into the land
that I’m giving to them,
“to the people of Israel.
“I will give you every place
on which you set your foot,
“just as I promised Moses.
“Your territory will extend
from the wilderness up to Lebanon
“and to the great river, the Euphrates
—all of the land of the Hittites—
“and to the Great Sea on the west.
“No one will be able to take a stand 
“against you as long as you live.
“Just as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you.
“I’ll neither desert you nor abandon you.
“Be courageous and strong,
“for you are the one who will cause
this people to inherit the land
that I swore to their forefathers
I would give to them.”
Look at verse 3 again:
“I will give you every place
on which you set your foot.”
Wow!
Or verse 5:
‘No one will be able
to take a stand against you
‘as long as you live.
I’ll be with you.
I’ll not abandon you.’
I mean, it must have felt good
—reassuring—this knowing
that he had Jehovah’s backing.
It was also a big assignment,
a great responsibility.
They were to conquer a huge area,
so it was going to be battle after battle,
city after city, nation after nation.
It was a big responsibility.
What is Jehovah doing to prepare him?
What is Jehovah telling Joshua to do?
Look at verse 7:
“Only be courageous and very strong,
“and observe carefully the entire Law
that Moses my servant commanded you.
“Do not deviate from it
either to the right or to the left,
“so that you may act wisely wherever you go.
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth,
“and you must read in it
in an undertone day and night,
“in order to observe carefully
all that is written in it;
“for then your way will be successful
and then you will act wisely.
“Have I not commanded you?
“Be courageous and strong.
“Do not be struck with terror or fear,
for Jehovah your God is with you
wherever you go.”
But, again, in verse 8, you know,
he is told to ‘read the Law every day
and follow it and then he will be wise
and have success.’
The first reaction here could be:
‘Well, that is good.
But honestly, doesn’t he need
a little bit more than that?’
Think of it: He’s going to go out there
and fight many wars;
he’s going to lead a nation;
he’s going to lead an army in war.
I mean, what if Jehovah in addition
to reading the Law also had told him:
“Every day for two hours every day,
“you’ll practice your sword,
“your sword-fighting skills.
“And two hours every day,
you’ll also study war,
how to lead an army,
and some war strategy”?
Jehovah didn’t ask for any of that.
And then you can ask, ‘Why not?’
Well, Jehovah knew that He was going
to help the Israelites with that part of it.
He was going to fight for them. 
And you can also ask,
‘How do you prepare
for the way that Jehovah fights?’
So think of the very first city
that they conquered, Jericho.
I mean, what was
the war strategy for Jericho?
Joshua was told to have the army
march around Jericho
followed by seven priests
(each with a ram’s horn
and blowing the ram’s horn)
followed by priests
carrying the Ark
followed by a rear guard.
They walk around the city
one time every day for six days.
And on the seventh day,
they walk around seven times.
And on the seventh round
when they hear the ram’s horn,
then the people are going
to let out a war cry.
And then the walls will just fall down,
and you can walk in and conquer the city.
That was the strategy for Jericho.
I mean, I don’t think you can pick that up
from books written,
or authored, by human beings.
This is not—
This is not human logic,
but this is the way that Jehovah fights.
Or think of later battles
where Jehovah fought for the Israelites,
like Jehoshaphat’s army when they 
were faced with an enemy war machine.
Jehoshaphat was told:
“The battle is not yours but God’s.”
So instead of fighting, you know,
he put singers in front of the army,
singing praises to Jehovah.
You know, they never had to fight;
Jehovah fought for them.
Or what about Gideon?
Three hundred men going up against
an army of 135,000 men
—I mean, this is not human logic.
This is not something you can pick up
from books written on war strategies
authored by humans,
but this is how Jehovah fights.
And, of course, Jehovah knew
that when he talked to Joshua.
He knew that He was going to fight for him.
So go back and look at it again.
What is it that Jehovah is asking
Joshua to do?
At chapter 1 and verse 8, Jehovah told him:
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth,
and you must read it
in an undertone day and night.”
So he’s told to read the Law
and follow it and read it every day.
I mean, what is this?
Is Jehovah just keeping him busy,
kind of thinking—knowing—
that Jehovah would fight these wars for them?
“So, Joshua, you read the Bible.”
Is that it?
No.
What Jehovah is asking Joshua
to do is very important.
What Jehovah is asking Joshua
to do is kind of key
to the success of everything
that they’re going to do
for the next many years.
Jehovah is asking Joshua to do the one thing
that Jehovah cannot do for him.
Maybe you’re thinking, ‘Is there anything
that Jehovah cannot do for us?’
Yeah, there is.
Jehovah is asking Joshua to be good:
‘Protect your heart;
do what is right; follow the Law.’
Jehovah knew that He was not going
to force Joshua to do that.
Only Joshua could do this.
And without it, everything was going
to fall apart for them.
They were going to need Jehovah’s help.
They were going up against nations.
And here I’m quoting Jehovah:
‘They’re going to go up against
nations bigger and stronger than they are.’
They really needed
Jehovah’s help in all of this.
So imagine what would happen
if Joshua turned bad,
if he became corrupt.
And we don’t have to imagine it.
We know what would happen
because it kind of happened
with the very next city after Jericho.
When they went up against the city of Ai,
they lost that battle and men were killed
because of Achan’s wrongdoing.
Achan was just a soldier.
I mean, imagine what would happen
if Joshua did wrong.
Joshua, as the leader of the nation
—if he became corrupt, turned bad, 
yeah, everything would fail for them.
I mean, what Jehovah
is asking Joshua to do
is so important,
and it’s something that only Joshua can do:
‘Protect your heart; keep your integrity.’
And if they did that,
they would do nothing but win.
Then Jehovah would bless them,
and He would fight for them.
I think there is a lesson in that
for all of us 
and also for you Gilead students,
or soon-to-be graduates.
I mean, you’re going out there
and taking on new assignments.
You’re going to move the Kingdom forward;
you’re going to fight Jehovah’s battles.
They are not your battles;
they are Jehovah’s battles.
So you also need his help.
You need Jehovah’s blessing,
and Jehovah can make you successful.
You know, what did he say to Joshua?
You’re going to win
on “every place on which you set your foot.”
And what are you to do?
“This book of the Law
should not depart from your mouth.”
So in other words:
‘You read the Bible every day,
you follow it, you protect your heart,
‘and Jehovah is going to be with you;
‘he will bless you
and will make you successful.
And you have nothing to worry about.’


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