Deut 29 & 30
The Lord made a covenant with the people. They had seen all that He did for them. They were told to not serve idols like the people that lived in the towns. They were to obey God's voice.
The Lord delighted in prospering them and they were to turn to God with all their heart and soul.
Turn away from serving other gods, if they were to serve them then they would perish. He said chose life-obey and hold fast to the Lord.
Deut 31
Joshua was to lead the people now since Moses would not cross over the Jordan.
V6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you.
Even back in Deut. we knew that the people would go into the promise land but that they would turn away from the Lord and end up being taken captive and being slaves again. They had plenty of warning and had the information but they still did it. I can be just as guilty of some of the things I do. I know I shouldn't but I still do. I have the information. Not to fear though because we are to be strong and courageous the Lord our God goes with us too!
Deut 32
All the Lords ways are just and He created you and established you. He cared for His people and guided them. But they would grow fat off the land and forsake Him. A perverse generation. There would be hunger, plagues, pestilence and beasts against them. V.28 A nation void of counsel.
Deut 33
Moses blessed the people before he died. He went up the mountain and saw the land the Lord was giving to them and then he died.
Psalms was a nice reprieve here.
Ps 105 - Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His loving kindness is everlasting.
Ps 135 Praise the Lord, for He is good, sing praises to His name.
Joshua 1 - 3
Moses is gone and Joshua is in charge. Lord will be with Joshua, he is to be strong and courageous. He is to observe the law and not to turn to the right or the left. Don't let the book of the law depart from your mouth - meditate on it.
They went to spy out Jericho and Rahab ( the prostitute) hid them. She made an oath with them to spare her life and the lives of her family members. She may have had a bad past but she did what was right and she would be spared because of it. God will use all kinds of people. Even when you think that you are to bad or not good enough for God to consider you, He does.
Josh 4-6
The people cross over the Jordan on dry land. The ark went before them and then waited on dry ground till all the people were safely across. What an amazing sight! They took the 12 stones from the dry ground and made a memorial to remember what God had done. We need to make them in our lives as well. Last week I had asked about if you had a time in your life where God was so very present and showed you something amazing. Make a memorial of it. So you will always remember and you can tell your children of it. To glorify God.
Joshua is told to circumcise the men after they cross the Jordan. I think that this was an amazing thing as well because it makes them very vulnerable to their enemies. But it needed to be done before they were to go before the enemies. It was something done out of obedience to the Lord. A cutting away of the flesh, like cutting away at our fleshly desires and wants in our lives and living according to the way God wants us to.
The men then went to Jericho. They marched around 1 time per day for 6 days. Then on the 7th day they were to march around the city 7 times and then blow the trumpets and shout, and the walls came tumbling down. Only Rahab and her family was spared.
Josh 7- 8
Achan had taken some of the forbidden things that he should not have. So when the men went up to fight Ai they thought it wouldn't be a problem. But Ai prevailed against them. Joshua fell on the ground to the Lord. But God told him get up, the people have sinned that is why this had happened. They would never be able to stand up to enemies when they had done forbidden things. (Same goes for us. Repent, rid yourself of the sin before you try to stand up before the enemies in your life.) Joshua found the forbidden things just where Achan told him they were. All of Achans family was brought out and killed, even the his animals.
Because of his sin, it affected others. (Be aware that our sins affect others around us too)
Josh 10-11
They continued to move on and fight other peoples and conquered. They would always destroy the towns as well as every single person, just as they were told. It may sound cruel but it was to be done as these other people were serving other gods. If they would have spared any of them they would have pulled the Israelities away from the One and Only God. Our notes tell us this was a time period of about 7 years. Was definitely a big change from their wandering in the desert for the last 40 years. Now they are fighting and conquering.
*When moving forward looks to tough we need to mediate on Gods word and let Him go before us. He is with us and will fight for us. He will carry us though on dry land and deliver us.
-A good friend went to be with Jesus this morning. Please pray for the family and friends of Ron Stowers. He was a faithful, wonderful man of God and we were so very blessed to call him friend. He is now with his Lord and Savior. Praise be to Jesus!
Happy Reading - Jeannie
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