J. Josh Smith > Quotes

“Many of a man’s struggles are directly related to their lack of a clear identity. If you do not have a clear identity, you will allow your past, your failures, your success, the words of others, or the expectations of others to define you. You will live your life comparing yourself to others and competing with others. Your life will feel like a treadmill of uncertainty that never stops. It’s exhausting.”
― J. Josh Smith, The Titus Ten: Foundations for Godly Manhood

“A Humbling Reminder No generation in the Old Testament experienced more of God’s supernatural power and blessing than Joshua’s generation. This is the generation that finally possessed the promised land and experienced the fullness of all the promises God had made to their ancestors. The book of Joshua is filled with so many victories and miracles and blessings. No generation had more invested in them than Joshua’s generation. But Judges 2:10 says, when talking about the Joshua generation, “And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.” The rest of the book of Judges is a humbling reminder of how quickly the next generation can lose all the blessings their fathers experienced. The rest of the Old Testament reveals the consequences.”
― J. Josh Smith, The Titus Ten: Foundations for Godly Manhood