Devotions from Joshua

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verse: 2:10 It's amazing that the only thing they've heard, or the only thing they remember of all they've heard about Israel, is the beginning and end of their forty year journey to Canaan: the crossing of the Red Sea…

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verse: 7:7 So quickly Joshua goes from knowing the Lord had promised them this land and told them to go in (they crossed the Jordan in miraculous fashion!) to conviction that they had sinned against the Lord and He intended…

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 11:20 The Lord hardened the hearts of the Canaanites so that they would fight against Israel so He could exterminate them without mercy. That is a brutal statement. The time had arrived when the Lord destroyed the Canaanites from…

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:16-18 This is like us, when dealing with a difficult sin: We say we cannot get victory, but God says we can. We don't believe or don't try, but instead we make peace with the sin and let it…

Passage Read: Joshua 18-21 Meditation Verses: 21:4-7 According to Jacob's prophecy or blessing, the Levites were scattered among Israel. They were given towns and villages from each of the other tribes. What seemed like a curse was actually meant to be a safeguard. The Levites…

Passage Read: Joshua 22 - Judges 1 Meditation Verses: Joshua 24:19-20 What does God require of His people that is so hard to do? The Israelites in this moment have complete confidence that they can and will follow the Lord. The main danger Joshua points…

Passage Read: Joshua 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:10-13 The only right response to the news that the Lord is coming to claim the land is to humble yourself and plead for your life, and to serve the servants of God in whatever way you can. This…

Passage Read: Joshua 6-9 Meditation Verses: 7:11-12 God's response was immediate, though the people didn't realize it until later. Things went badly at Ai, and then they were afraid that the Lord had given them over to destruction. But the Lord had simply withdrawn His…

Passage Read: Joshua 10-13 Meditation Verse: 11:20 The Canaanites received no mercy from God. They were to be completely destroyed. Some however would receive mercy from the Israelites, not for love of them, but because they chose to enslave them rather than destroy them. Perhaps…

Passage Read: Joshua 14-17 Meditation Verses: 17:14-15 The sons of Joseph were not content with the land they had been allotted; it wasn't enough for them. Joshua didn't dispute them or rebuke them, but acknowledged that what they said was true and right, so he…

Passage Read: Joshua 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:44 Oh to have rest from all my enemies. It is a promise but not for this life. Unless I make peace with all my enemies. Which would require giving in to their way of thinking and living. The…

Passage Read: Joshua 22 - Judges 1 Meditation Verses: Joshua 23:6-7 The Israelites didn't drive out all the Canaanites at once, but many were left to be conquered after Joshua's death. Joshua warns them to remain faithful to the Lord and He will give them…