Joshua 1:1-9

What an amazing piece of Scripture! Joshua 1 :1-9. This is such an exciting story. I have been thinking a lot about what happens here and it's so encouraging. JC really knows how to show us who He is! And He does it in amazing ways.

I have learned so many things in this passage that I wouldn't like to miss the opportunity to share them with all of you. There are promises, commandments, miracles, principles and vision in this passage. This is what God showed me, perhaps you want to share also what God taught through this passage. You might want to share it with a comment.

• Joshua was Moses servant. For a lot of time he was behind the scene but at the proper time God made him appear on stage.
  
• Joshua and Israel are about to receive the promise made hundreds of years ago.
• The promise is superlatve: the Promised Land. This was every Jew's dream.
• Which promise are you going after? Do you have a "Promised Land" in your life?
• Just before getting there they found a great challenge: the Jordan River. Did this mean God hadn't thought carefully about the promise he made? No, He was just testing their faith. The Promised Land was theirs. And they were really close to it!
• Verse 4 says... "your teritorry will extend from the desert... " What is your current territory? What would you like it to be? Do you remember Jabez?
• A great promise: "As I was with Moses, so will I be with you" This makes me feel confident!
• A commandment: "Be strong and courageous..." We've got to be strong but in not our own strength...
• "Be careful to obey all the law". This is what it's all about: obedience. I may know the entire Bible but if I don't practice its principles I may be building my house on the sand.
• In order to do everything written in the Bible, I've got to meditate on it day and night
• Day and night means intensively, it implies a lot of time, it demands a personal commitment
• Again, something to rely on... "the Lord tour God will be with you wherever you go". Whatever you do, whoever you meet, whatever obstacle you find, no matter how weak you are or feel, He will be with you every day of your life. Isn't this powerful? Isn't this enough reason to be really happy?
  
• Verse 10: Joshua answered and acted in obedience... immediately!

I want to encourage you to make a personal commitment to the Lord. That you may be careful to obey all the law, to meditate on his Word day and night, not to turn from it to the left or to the right. And He shall be with you as He was with Moses and Joshua.