o much for you. Let your spirit be joyful in God your Saviour, the joy of the Lord shall be your strength, and no fiend of hell shall make headway against you: but cowardice throws down the banner. Moreover, labour is light to a man of cheerful spirit; and success waits upon cheerfulness. The man who toils, rejoicing in his God, believing with all his heart, has success guaranteed. He who sows in hope shall reap in joy; therefore, dear reader, "be thou strong, and very courageous." John Wesley's Explanatory Noteson the Whole Bible The Book of JoshuaChapter 1Chapter Overview: In this chapter, 4. God appoints Joshua to govern in the stead of Moses, and gives him instructions and encouragement, ver. 1 - 9.5. He enters on his office immediately, giving orders to the officers, and to the two tribes and an half, ver. 10 - 1 5.6. The people accept him as their governor, ver. 16 - 18Verses:1:1 After the death of Moses - Either immediately after it, or when the days of mourning for Moses were expired. Joshua was appointed and declared Moses's successor in the government before this time; and here he receives confirmation from God therein. The servant of the Lord - This title is given to Moses here and Joshua 1:2, as also 34:5, and is repeated not without cause, to reflect honour uponhim, to give authority to his laws and writings, in publishing whereof he acted as God's servant, in his name: and that the Israelites might not think of Moses above what was meet, remembering that he was not the Lord himself, but only the Lord's servant; and therefore not to be too pertinaciously followed in all his institutions when the Lord himself should come and abolish part of the Mosaical dispensation; it being but reasonable that he who was only a servant in God's house, should give place to him who was the son, and heir, and Lord of it. The Lord spake - Either in a dream or vision, or by Urim, Numbers 27:21.Moses's minister - Who had waited upon Moses in his...
