This morning, I got no further than reading the introduction to the Book of Judges…4 pages. This one book spans over 325 years. In that time, there were 12 heroes, men and women who delivered Israel from 6 different nations. From the introduction: When Joshua and the elders died, the nation experienced a leadership vacuum,…

We come to the final chapter of Joshua, Joshua 24. After reading it, I found myself curiously and troublingly filled with anxiety. Reading Scripture sometimes bruises my heart. Reading my devotionals, I found myself clinging to the passages of reassurance which I will share here later. I realized my angst was because reading about the…

Have you ever thought about what it was like for a people to be chosen to be led by God? To what end? In Joshua 23, Joshua knows his life is nearing its end on this earth and he is reminding the people to stay close to God. They are His. He has led them,…

How do we hold fast to God? We open our heart wide to receive from Him all the love He longs to give us. As we grow in His love, it begins to bubble up and spill over until we begin to live that love with Him always guiding us. A joy-filled place to be.…

As I read the last sentence of Joshua 21…Not one of the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. v. 45, I couldn’t help but think about what it must have been like for them when Moses first started to follow God’s instructions to go to the powerful Pharaoh to ask him…

Almighty God, our Creator, is merciful. He desires mercy in us and in Joshua 20 gave instruction for cities to be designated where those who killed someone unintentionally and accidentally could flee and find protection so they could stand trial. He was so concerned He instructed the elders are to admit the fugitive into their…

In Joshua 19 the remaining 6 tribes receive their allotment of land and Joshua receives his inheritance as the Lord commanded; he asked for and received the town of Timnath Sarah in the hill country of Ephraim and built it up and settled there v. 49. The chapter lists territories, towns and villages and not…

An interesting note in Joshua 18: Shiloh is where the tent of meeting is now set up, and in the notes below it said the tabernacle would remain there for about 300 years through the time of the judges. That’s longer than our country has existed. Now the tribe of Benjamin receives its allotment and…

I read Scripture because through the writings of the history of God working through many generations, I have a wealth of examples of God’s loving faithfulness and of peoples responses to Him that I can learn from – good and bad. I am learning that these written words are for my benefit which is why…

There is a song that I love by Hillsong Worship that begins with the words of John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I woke up this morning to the sound of that song in…