Sunday July 5, 2009
Joshua 3-4
Wow! Here it is! The long awaited promise by God to His people---THE PROMISED LAND! If you are familiar with the stories to come, then you understand that this was not the finish line. It was just the beginning.
Philippians 1:6 says, "...He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Just because they had reached the promised land did not mean that God was finished with them.
Have you ever longed for something-- a new job, a new home, a new relationship? We may have even longed for a spiritual peak--an ultimate experience with God. These all turn out to be our "finish lines." We often desire for God to be done with us-- as if we've arrived--this always presents a crossroads. When we realize we can't stay where we are, we must either press on ahead further into the promise, or turn back into selfishness, doing things our way, our comfort zone. What is strange is that we have forgotten that our last comfort zone at one time was the unknown promised land!
All of what we're reading and blogging about is not about the Israelites, or what we can apply from them to our lives. It is about God. His plan. His testimonies. His glory. "...That all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever (4:24).
Thank you, Jesus, for the POWER of Your word!
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