Courage is an attitude, a decision. It is a decision to keep pressing on
even in the face of danger and doubt. God would give him victory, but
that didn’t mean that Joshua didn’t have to do anything. He had to
boldly lead the people into the land. He had to boldly lead the people
into battle. He had to boldly and with faith obey what God had
commanded him to do. Sometimes that meant adopting tactics that
were impossible to understand (such as in the battle of Jericho.) God
repeats the command to be courageous to Joshua three times in this
passage. Clearly this quality would be extremely important for Joshua
as he took the people into the land.
