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Devotion – Following Jesus Through Every Chapter
Date: Friday, March 04, 2016
Chapters: Deuteronomy 34, Joshua 1-2
Message: Joshua: Be Of Good Courage
Hello My Friend,
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament/Bible and contains twenty-four chapters. The author of the book is Joshua and it was written to Israel, the timeline for these events is approximately 1451 BC to 1427 BC. The purpose of the book was to record the details on how the minister of Moses, Joshua, led the people of Israel into the promised land and explains the division of the land among the tribes. What we are to learn from the book is that no moral or spiritual battles are won without God, He gives victory to all who let Him lead them. “There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” - Joshua 1:5.
You know, a walk with Christ brings so many blessings that we never can count them all, despite that we will still lose out on things due to disbelief or disobedience. One thing we will never lose, our salvation, if we are saved. Now, God called Moses up to the top of Mt. Pisgah, He gave him one last view of the promised land before he died. The beautiful land flowing with milk and honey could been seen, but because of his disobedience and disbelief he was not able to step foot on it. God never forgot what Moses had done for Him, and even after he was told he could not go into the promised land he remained faithful to Him. While we are going to lose out on many things, we must remain faithful to God because we have much better things waiting for us.
“And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,” - Deuteronomy 34:1-6,10.
“whom the LORD knew face to face,” Moses was the only man on earth to be able to stand face to face with God and talk to Him one on one. Mose was not perfect, but he still had God's favor because he remained faithful to Him. No one ever on earth was perfect, except Jesus, sometimes we are going to do things that keep us from receiving certain blessings from God, but when we make things right with Him He will honor us and bless us accordingly. Losing out on things is never a reason to walk away from God, He has much more to give us than what we expect of ourselves, if we have trusted Christ as our Saviour we not only have His favor, we have eternal life with Him, something no earthly possession can replace. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.
Courage, that quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties without fear or depression of the spirit. Did you ever see a little baby? My nephew has no fear, when he is determined to get something or go somewhere, nothing stops him, and if he gets hurt, he cries a little, gets back up, and tries again. Courage is not something that comes easy for us, but it is something that God expects of us. Now, after they mourned the death of Moses, the time had come for the Israelites to cross over the Jordan and go into the promised land, God spoke to Joshua.
“Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” - Joshua 1:2,3,6-8.
“that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law,” Joshua is to make the word of God his ruler, he is commanded to meditate upon it day and night, that he might understand it and follow it in order for him to succeed. Whatever challenges we face, we must not forget the one thing needed to give us the strength and courage to face them, God. While we are in this flesh we get tired, we get weary, we get scared, and we get weak as we try to walk this life, and there is only so much we can physically do on our own. Christ is our strength and courage to go beyond what our human capabilities allow us to go. When we get in His word and study it daily we are given strength and courage through Him as we observe and follow it. “Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” - Philippians 4:5-7,13.
Joshua sent two men over into Jericho to search it out, just to see what they were up against. Word had already gotten out that the people of Israel, and their God, were about to come in and siege the land so when people found out that some Israelites were there they searched all over to capture and kill them. They ran into a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, she hid them and asked them of one thing in return for her kindness.
“And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.” - Joshua 2:9-14.
“neither did there remain any more courage in any man,” The number one reason that God puts us in a land full of corruption is so others can hear of Him and get saved. Life is hard, people of the world are just as tired and weary as we are, they are looking for hope, they have lost their courage because they know Christ is coming. While many will scatter and try everything possible to rebel and even stop this from happening, some will heed the warnings and receive Him as their Saviour. Christ gave His life so that we have something much better in store for us when we leave this earth, he never refuses the gift of salvation to anyone who comes to Him, no matter where they came from or what their past was like. Let me tell you, when we are trying to do things in our own strength we are going to mess up because we do lose the courage to stand, but Christ is always there to pick us up when we fall. “Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.” - Romans 14:4,8,9.
Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Christ is revealed through Joshua as he was called to lead the people into the promised land. Jesus is our leader into the Kingdom of God.
Today's Prayer: God, You have called us for a purpose, and commanded us to be strong and have courage to do what You called us to do. Lord, We can do all things through Your Son in us, You are our strength, as we study Your word and talk to You daily we can do all things. Give us Your power, Your strength, and Your guidance, help us to fulfill the task You called us to do. Let us not look to the right or left, just straight ahead, trusting You to help us succeed. And when You are done with us we have the promise of life in Your Kingdom waiting for us. Hallelujah! In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Friday, March 04, 2016
Chapters: Deuteronomy 34, Joshua 1-2
Message: Joshua: Be Of Good Courage
Hello My Friend,
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament/Bible and contains twenty-four chapters. The author of the book is Joshua and it was written to Israel, the timeline for these events is approximately 1451 BC to 1427 BC. The purpose of the book was to record the details on how the minister of Moses, Joshua, led the people of Israel into the promised land and explains the division of the land among the tribes. What we are to learn from the book is that no moral or spiritual battles are won without God, He gives victory to all who let Him lead them. “There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” - Joshua 1:5.
You know, a walk with Christ brings so many blessings that we never can count them all, despite that we will still lose out on things due to disbelief or disobedience. One thing we will never lose, our salvation, if we are saved. Now, God called Moses up to the top of Mt. Pisgah, He gave him one last view of the promised land before he died. The beautiful land flowing with milk and honey could been seen, but because of his disobedience and disbelief he was not able to step foot on it. God never forgot what Moses had done for Him, and even after he was told he could not go into the promised land he remained faithful to Him. While we are going to lose out on many things, we must remain faithful to God because we have much better things waiting for us.
“And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,” - Deuteronomy 34:1-6,10.
“whom the LORD knew face to face,” Moses was the only man on earth to be able to stand face to face with God and talk to Him one on one. Mose was not perfect, but he still had God's favor because he remained faithful to Him. No one ever on earth was perfect, except Jesus, sometimes we are going to do things that keep us from receiving certain blessings from God, but when we make things right with Him He will honor us and bless us accordingly. Losing out on things is never a reason to walk away from God, He has much more to give us than what we expect of ourselves, if we have trusted Christ as our Saviour we not only have His favor, we have eternal life with Him, something no earthly possession can replace. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.
Courage, that quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties without fear or depression of the spirit. Did you ever see a little baby? My nephew has no fear, when he is determined to get something or go somewhere, nothing stops him, and if he gets hurt, he cries a little, gets back up, and tries again. Courage is not something that comes easy for us, but it is something that God expects of us. Now, after they mourned the death of Moses, the time had come for the Israelites to cross over the Jordan and go into the promised land, God spoke to Joshua.
“Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” - Joshua 1:2,3,6-8.
“that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law,” Joshua is to make the word of God his ruler, he is commanded to meditate upon it day and night, that he might understand it and follow it in order for him to succeed. Whatever challenges we face, we must not forget the one thing needed to give us the strength and courage to face them, God. While we are in this flesh we get tired, we get weary, we get scared, and we get weak as we try to walk this life, and there is only so much we can physically do on our own. Christ is our strength and courage to go beyond what our human capabilities allow us to go. When we get in His word and study it daily we are given strength and courage through Him as we observe and follow it. “Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” - Philippians 4:5-7,13.
Joshua sent two men over into Jericho to search it out, just to see what they were up against. Word had already gotten out that the people of Israel, and their God, were about to come in and siege the land so when people found out that some Israelites were there they searched all over to capture and kill them. They ran into a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, she hid them and asked them of one thing in return for her kindness.
“And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.” - Joshua 2:9-14.
“neither did there remain any more courage in any man,” The number one reason that God puts us in a land full of corruption is so others can hear of Him and get saved. Life is hard, people of the world are just as tired and weary as we are, they are looking for hope, they have lost their courage because they know Christ is coming. While many will scatter and try everything possible to rebel and even stop this from happening, some will heed the warnings and receive Him as their Saviour. Christ gave His life so that we have something much better in store for us when we leave this earth, he never refuses the gift of salvation to anyone who comes to Him, no matter where they came from or what their past was like. Let me tell you, when we are trying to do things in our own strength we are going to mess up because we do lose the courage to stand, but Christ is always there to pick us up when we fall. “Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.” - Romans 14:4,8,9.
Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Christ is revealed through Joshua as he was called to lead the people into the promised land. Jesus is our leader into the Kingdom of God.
Today's Prayer: God, You have called us for a purpose, and commanded us to be strong and have courage to do what You called us to do. Lord, We can do all things through Your Son in us, You are our strength, as we study Your word and talk to You daily we can do all things. Give us Your power, Your strength, and Your guidance, help us to fulfill the task You called us to do. Let us not look to the right or left, just straight ahead, trusting You to help us succeed. And when You are done with us we have the promise of life in Your Kingdom waiting for us. Hallelujah! In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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