Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders

 November 16, 2020

 

Joshua 23: 14-16

 

Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders

 

“And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.   But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the Lord your God has given you, if you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.”

 

When a Godly leader talks to leaders he must warn them to be very careful to keep their eyes on what God has done, not on what man believes they have done.  He must warn the danger of looking elsewhere for guidance or direction, but to the covenants and command to only serve the LORD your God, and none other.

 

We the people of the USA have long forgotten what Joshua is telling the leaders of Israel, and like us, they also forgot.  And all that Joshua reminded them of happened to them when they went after the gods of this world.

 

I have never asked you to read a book other than the Bible to my knowledge, but if you are a citizen of the USA, you should read this book on our history; it is titled “The Great American Story: A Land of Hope.”

Much of this I had forgotten, and it gave me facts on why people from many countries came to this land we call America.  Many of the first came for freedom from bad kings, and rulers who were oppressive, also many came to be able to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac's, and Jacob.  They now understood that in Christ Jesus was the promise of life and life in all its fullness.

 But I’m not in the fear camp of putting my trust in the Government, or some doctor that has been wrong more than he has been right.  My trust is in the LORD, in Him I trust, not in the mask, or social distancing but in the God of promises.  If you will just read the Bible, it is clear, before you were God saw you, and He numbers all your days on this earth.

 

We need forgiveness as a people, we have gone after a lie, we have lied to our children, telling them they were all winners, and all of them got the same trophy, and now they have reached a time of adulthood and they are not winners, and they are mad and confused that they have to get out of bed and go to work.  But not just go to work they have to add value, they have to compete, yes, and even measure up.  It has not been a good awakening for those who have been lied to, so now they are willing to listen to a bigger lie, vote for our agenda and we will make your life all good again, and they believed the lie.  It is not going to turn out well.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice