Joshua was getting ready to go into not just one battle, but a series of battles that would be the process for himself and the Israelites to realize the promises of God giving them The Promised Land! God knew the battles were going to be scary & ferocious, and there would be numerous times of discouragements and fears. So God gives Joshua the WORDS he will need to remember throughout all the battles to come. God says, ”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.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.”(Joshua 1:7-9). God tells Joshua that the ONLY WAY that he is going to have the endurance & strength necessary for victory after victory through the daily battles to come, is going to be to TRUST God and HIS Word so faithfully that Joshua turns to God’s Word for every way he lives his life and how he thinks about everything, & that this is how Joshua will stay true to the course that God is paving the way to victory after victory in all the battles to come....and THIS is where we find REAL ENCOURAGEMENT/COURAGE,& the STRENGTH that only God can enable in us....by seeking God’s Voice for us every day in His Word...and the encouragement we need for all the battles we daily fight....and stay this course with courage & endurance/strength.