Cling to the Faithful God
Recently I have been reading through Joshua. It is a great book and I think when reading it is really amazing to see how God remained faithful to the Israelites despite all their grumbling in the wilderness and how He brought them safely into the promised land. The book is packed full of great verses such as these:
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands. Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. Joshua 21:43-45
It is amazing to think that the promise made to Abram back in Genesis chapter 12 was fulfilled all this time later:
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land. Genesis 12:6-7
This gives an amazing thought as to how faithful God was throughout so many years of wandering in the wilderness and all of the generations that passed by until the promise was fulfilled. God is faithful no matter how long His promises seem to go on for.
The bit that really struck me as I read today was just after all of the land has been divided amongst the remaining tribes. Joshua gives what is a great commandment for the Israelites to live by in the land that God had given them. These are also great verses for us to live by who live in the last days before Jesus returns:
And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan. Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Joshua 22:4-5
Just as God had been faithful to the Israelites, so they now were to be faithful to Him. Their constant failings to do this serves as a warning for us (1 Cor 10:11) that we may live faithfully in these last days, clinging to God and holding on to the knowledge of the perfected promised land given to us in Jesus.
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