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verse in the book of Joshua, Joshua 7 10. So the Lord said to Joshua, rise up, why is it that you

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have fallen on your face? Going down when it's time to do something about it is not the solution.

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Obviously Joshua is on his face recognizing the glory and the awesomeness and the holiness of what

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lie before him, but now God is saying why are you on your face? God was calling on Joshua to take the

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necessary steps now, right now, and to do so he had to get up and treating the Lord or showing

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proper reverence is appropriate, but at a certain moment in time something more than contrition

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is appropriate. God helps you always show proper respect, but also you get to work at the right time.

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If this is your right time, get to work. Do the things that God would have you to do. Practice

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the spiritual disciplines, utilize your spiritual gifts, serve, give, and work in the local church.

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Don't let the the teachings of the world, the distractions, the temptations, etc. hold you back

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from being the man that God wants you to be. In the face of our temptation sometimes we just want

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to get down on our face and we want to say Lord what a vile wretched man am I and just reverence

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him and how holy he is, but God not only expects our reverence, he also expects us to get to work

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doing the things that he has given us to do. He will set aside certain works for us to do if he

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just can. That's how I would encourage you today to get busy serving the Lord in a godly, God-honoring,

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active way.