June 15, 2021
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Reading along with us in Joshua? Here’s today’s reading:
Joshua 4 (NIV)
1When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, 3and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”.........Continue Reading
I love the importance God places on remembrance and memorial. He knows us so well and He knows we won’t when left to our own devices.
God does so much for me everyday this made me think it is time to keep a daily journal of all I am thankful for and all He has done for me so I can go back a look and remember in my times of struggle.
I’m sure the Israelites were extremely excited to enter the promise land. Love the fact that Joshua has them gathered to hear the word of the lord. Great lesson In our fast paced world!! Once again God shows his promises to the chosen people. Parting the waters the second time
Joshua 4
The picture in my mind of this takes my breath away. Firstly this picture of God’s chosen people, after 40 years in the wilderness, entering the holy land given to them. And the picture of God giving direct instructions to Joshua; how he must have felt.
Joshua 3
Joshua 4
God consistently calls His people to remember…and especially at this juncture where so much of what God is doing to establish the people in the promised land is new. Remember the past generation observed this land and decided not to enter. So God wants to seal this relatively little miracle in the people’s minds. He has a representatives from each tribe take part so effectively all the people are involved and these leaders could be validated as well as responsible to hold this memory more securely. God desires this pile of stones to be a remembrance for Israel forever. How important it is for us to remember what God has done for us as well!
“Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’; 23 for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over, 24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
This isn’t just for Israel, this is so ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THE HAND OF THE LORD, THAT IT IS MIGHTY.” As we have been studying through Joshua with the women’s Bible Study, I see how God keeps His promises and is an active participant in the lives of men.
19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lordis powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”