Today I want to continue with the story of Joshua. Now as we previously discussed, Joshua was a military leader as well as being one of Moses, the President's, right hand men. Joshua had a heart for God and served him all the days of his life. He was only one of two people who were adults that actually entered the promised land with the other children of Israel. What about Moses you ask? Well Moses saw the promised land but he didn't enter it with Israel. I will get to that in a few minutes.
Now what I find interesting is that Joshua was destined to become the next President/Leader of Israel. Israel wasn't a democracy so they really didn't have a president but I hope this helps you understand Moses and then Joshua's position in the government. Now like we touched on in the last post, Joshua and Caleb were full of faith and when the Lord told them to go and take possession of the land, they were ready to do it but everyone else was to afraid to try. So God sent them to wander around in the wilderness for 40 years until everyone from the generation of those that didn't believe was dead. During that time, they took on two different nations and wiped them out. The didn't start the fight, the other nations did. But with God's help, they sure finished it.
So we see that Joshua did very well as the General of the Army. As President, he would keep the same position as the top general of Israel's army. He did all the right things. He supported God's man in power, Moses, and he worked hard to do what Moses said. But something was going to happen that he wouldn't like. He was going to get promoted but it was going to come at a cost. See one time when the Israelites needed water, God told Moses to talk to a rock and that it would produce water enough to take care of this whole nation. Moses got mad at the people and he hit the rock instead of talking to it. Now I haven't done the studying to determine why this made God so mad at Moses but it did. Because of that Moses was not able to go into the promised land with Israel.
The Lord told Moses to appoint Joshua as the leader of Israel which he did. Then Moses went up on this mountain to see all the land of Israel and while he was there, he died. The bible says that the Lord buried him and is the only one who knows where Moses body is today.
This caused Joshua some discomfort because he was about to lead his nation into battle again but he was facing an impossible situation. First of all, they had to cross the Jordan river while it was at it's highest level of the year. That was no easy task. Then once he got to the other side of the river, there were seven nations in the land of Israel. Each one of these nations on their own was larger than the whole nation of Israel and the Lord told Joshua that he was going to lead Israel into victory against each one. On top of all this, Moses was dead. Joshua couldn't go to Moses to find out what should be done. He had to go to the Lord himself and seek God through the Levites who were the priests of Israel.
I want to end today with what the Lord told Joshua because it has blessed me personally over the years. I will finish what I plan on writing about Joshua with the story of Jericho next week.
This is from Joshua chapter one. This is my paraphrase. The Lord says, "Moses is dead. Get over it. It's time for you to lead this people now. You lead the people over the Jordan and into the land that I promised them. Every place that you walk I have given to you just like I told Moses. No man will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you or leave you. Only stand strong in your faith in Me because you will deliver this land to Israel. Do what Moses said and I will cause everything you do to prosper."
That's another Minion's Bible story
Now what I find interesting is that Joshua was destined to become the next President/Leader of Israel. Israel wasn't a democracy so they really didn't have a president but I hope this helps you understand Moses and then Joshua's position in the government. Now like we touched on in the last post, Joshua and Caleb were full of faith and when the Lord told them to go and take possession of the land, they were ready to do it but everyone else was to afraid to try. So God sent them to wander around in the wilderness for 40 years until everyone from the generation of those that didn't believe was dead. During that time, they took on two different nations and wiped them out. The didn't start the fight, the other nations did. But with God's help, they sure finished it.
So we see that Joshua did very well as the General of the Army. As President, he would keep the same position as the top general of Israel's army. He did all the right things. He supported God's man in power, Moses, and he worked hard to do what Moses said. But something was going to happen that he wouldn't like. He was going to get promoted but it was going to come at a cost. See one time when the Israelites needed water, God told Moses to talk to a rock and that it would produce water enough to take care of this whole nation. Moses got mad at the people and he hit the rock instead of talking to it. Now I haven't done the studying to determine why this made God so mad at Moses but it did. Because of that Moses was not able to go into the promised land with Israel.
The Lord told Moses to appoint Joshua as the leader of Israel which he did. Then Moses went up on this mountain to see all the land of Israel and while he was there, he died. The bible says that the Lord buried him and is the only one who knows where Moses body is today.
This caused Joshua some discomfort because he was about to lead his nation into battle again but he was facing an impossible situation. First of all, they had to cross the Jordan river while it was at it's highest level of the year. That was no easy task. Then once he got to the other side of the river, there were seven nations in the land of Israel. Each one of these nations on their own was larger than the whole nation of Israel and the Lord told Joshua that he was going to lead Israel into victory against each one. On top of all this, Moses was dead. Joshua couldn't go to Moses to find out what should be done. He had to go to the Lord himself and seek God through the Levites who were the priests of Israel.
I want to end today with what the Lord told Joshua because it has blessed me personally over the years. I will finish what I plan on writing about Joshua with the story of Jericho next week.
This is from Joshua chapter one. This is my paraphrase. The Lord says, "Moses is dead. Get over it. It's time for you to lead this people now. You lead the people over the Jordan and into the land that I promised them. Every place that you walk I have given to you just like I told Moses. No man will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you or leave you. Only stand strong in your faith in Me because you will deliver this land to Israel. Do what Moses said and I will cause everything you do to prosper."
That's another Minion's Bible story
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