Strong and Courageous

I've been listening to this song called Strong and Courageous and that theme has been going through my head all morning. I know I've been listening to that song but I believe that's something that God is reminding me of. The song starts off by saying "Do not be discouraged, he will never leave you, never forsake you. Be strong and courageous in him". Besides this being a gnarly verse of the song these are also things we can hold onto because they are things that God has promised us in his word. ( Deut 1:31:6, Josh 1:5,9 ,1 Chron 22:13 28:20) We see in the Bible that God is always there for his people, and I believe that we need to be reminded of this not just for today but for everyday of our lives. We are his people, his sons and daughters, and those promises are for us too. But we have to remember just because God promised us these things doesn't mean that we have this sense of entitlement and expect these things to happen for us. To be strong and courageous takes effort on our part.
So I don't know where you are, what your going through or what might be heading your way. But I do know that the God we serve will always be there for us and will never leave us if we stand strong and courageous in him. There's a part in this song that says "he will fight the battles" and I believe that if we know that our God is there to not just stand by our sides to help fight, but he's there to actually fight the battles for us will help us to stand strong and courageous in him. So if your down and beat up and feel like you can't make it just know that you have the ALL POWERFUL GOD fighting your battles for you.
So my prayer for us today is that we stand strong and courageous in our situations/battles we are going through. I pray for a renewing of strength and hope for us today. I pray that we would hold on to the Lord and his promises and allow God to be God.