Our Daily Bread
Whether it is a board game or a video game, you usually have to pick a piece or character to represent you in the game. We usually try to pick the most powerful character or the coolest piece!
In the time of Joshua, much like today, there were many gods to choose from. Some cultures in the Old Testament also erected an altar to an unknown god so they wouldn't offend a god by ignoring it!
The one true God, YHWH, made a covenant with the nation of Israel made a covenant. He required them to be true to him and not worship any other gods. Near the end of Joshua's life, he prophesied that the people of Israel would lose their promised land because they couldn't keep their side of the agreement. The passage in Joshua, which I also reference in my Teaching Tuesday entry below, is Joshua's amazing speech encouraging Israel to make the right choice. What is your choice?
Lord, thank you for giving us free and a choice. Please help us to always choose you!
Teaching Tuesday
The lesson for this week was about Joshua and the Book of Joshua. If you remember your Bible history, Joshua had a tough act to follow -- Moses. How do you follow the Jewish leader that is considered par excellence? (the book's wording). The writers of the D source made sure that the reputation of Joshua held up under the scrutiny of history. There are still some discrepancies from historical sources about the turn of events, but the Book of Joshua was very clear about his place in Israel's history.
Personally, one of my favorite Bible scriptures is in Joshua 24:15, which happens to be one of the verses in today's devotional! How amazing is that!?!
15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
What about your household?
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Let go, my friends! God will be there to catch you and hold you in his loving arms!
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