The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Joshua 16:1-3,
"The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel. It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea."
The book of Joshua provides details of the distribution of the Promised Land. The importance of documenting the boundary lines, the towns and other geographic details weighs very importantly in our understanding of the faithfulness of God.
The Lord made a covenant with Abraham, the progenitor of Israel, and promised to give this land to his offspring, a people descended from him, a nation God would make of him. The Lord told him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it." Genesis 15:7. We also read in verses 18-21 of that chapter, "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.'" Having the possession of the land documented with all the details in Joshua helps us understand how the Lord fulfills his promises - even when man falls short in the bargain at times.
In Romans 11:29 we read, "God's gifts and his call are irrevocable." As we learn of God's faithfulness, as in the documentation of the distribution of the Promised Land we read of in Joshua, we learn to take great confidence in his promises to us.
One such promise is found in 1 Corinthians 1:8-9, "He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." God will keep us safe in him for the eternal life he has promised us. This we know because he has been consistently faithful with all he says, as in the documentation found in Joshua.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel. It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea."
The book of Joshua provides details of the distribution of the Promised Land. The importance of documenting the boundary lines, the towns and other geographic details weighs very importantly in our understanding of the faithfulness of God.
The Lord made a covenant with Abraham, the progenitor of Israel, and promised to give this land to his offspring, a people descended from him, a nation God would make of him. The Lord told him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it." Genesis 15:7. We also read in verses 18-21 of that chapter, "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.'" Having the possession of the land documented with all the details in Joshua helps us understand how the Lord fulfills his promises - even when man falls short in the bargain at times.
In Romans 11:29 we read, "God's gifts and his call are irrevocable." As we learn of God's faithfulness, as in the documentation of the distribution of the Promised Land we read of in Joshua, we learn to take great confidence in his promises to us.
One such promise is found in 1 Corinthians 1:8-9, "He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." God will keep us safe in him for the eternal life he has promised us. This we know because he has been consistently faithful with all he says, as in the documentation found in Joshua.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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