March 18, 2025
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Reading along with us in Joshua and Timothy? Here’s today’s reading:
Joshua 11 (NIV)
Northern Kings Defeated
1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph, 2 and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west; 3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country;……Continue Reading
So much war and destruction but God did what He had promised and delivered this land to His people. I guess the thought I had was two part. One, when God is doing a work in your life it isn’t always easy and there is much effort on your part to work with Him. Second, it may not look the way you expect it to, it may be a hard fought battle rather than a well wrapped blessing with a bow.
Takes a few minutes to read this chapter. Took 7 years for Israel to accomplish these defeats. Noticed one of the last battles Anakites. Pretty sure they were the land of the giants where spies came back and said, No way!! Not this time. “So what”
I have always been interested about this tendency of God to harden people’s hearts to fulfill his plans…
Joshua 11
I totally agree Kelly, and an additional thought I had was also seeing Joshua’s obedience. It’s sometimes so tough to be obedient especially when we don’t know what the outcome is going to be. And when the circumstances aren’t easy. While we can’t control the things around us, we can control our own choice to be obedient to God.
Joshua 11
Joshua 11
Joshua 11
Once again these kings think that numbers matter against God, but it just turns out to be more of the people that are to be destroyed in one place. They are coming to us, so we don’t have to travel so far to get to them. Remember these people are being driven out because of their evil ways and we can only imagine the victims that suffered because of their practices. And even to see, that they could have made peace with the Israelites, but God made it hard for them to do so by taking hearts that were already hard and making them harder. And God gave victory to the Israelites. So they are fulfilling what God desired from them and for them, and Joshua is leading the way, making the tough choices to kill and not show mercy.
Joshua 11
Joshua 11