Daily Lesson for January 5, 2021

 Today's Daily Lesson comes from Psalms 2 and Joshua chapter 1 verses 7 through 9:

"Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. 8This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. 9I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

We are in the last days of the Christmastide, before Epiphany; and the Office gives us a word about facing what is ahead.

We are not to be afraid, or dismayed by the events which are to come. We are to walk in boldness, and courage, and in the right as we see the right.

And God will help us as we go.

"Why are the nations in an uproar?" the psalmist asks.

And the answer is, Because they see the LORD coming. The LORD comes with us into this new year to bring justice, and peace, and order, and the rule of law.

So let us walk without fear into the season that is to come. For God is with us. And as the old saying goes, "God plus one is always a majority."

Rev. Ryon Price is senior pastor of Broadway Baptist in Fort Worth, Texas.