Tag: Joshua 14:10-12
Possessing the full inheritance!
Scripture reading for April 2nd: Joshua 14-17, Luke 17
Key Scriptures: Luke 17:3-6 “”Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.””
Jesus was teaching His disciples about the need to keep their hearts free from offense. It would require attention to their own hearts when brothers or sisters sinned against them. These offenses must be dealt with in a timely manner in the day they happen (Ephesians 4:26). To this teaching, the disciples cried, “Increase our faith!” Jesus said that the faith needed was available in seed form. It may appear small, like a mustard seed, but when they spoke to the problem, the problem would be removed. Much like Caleb of old, ‘give me this hill country’ came from the seed of faith in God’s promises.
Joshua 14:10-12 “. . .And now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, . .”
Faith Confession and prayer: Lord, increase my faith daily that I may attentively guard my heart against offenses and unbelief! Give me my full inheritance and renewed strength in old age to take possession of it!
Inheriting the Kingdom!
Scripture reading for March 20th: Joshua 12-14, Luke 13
Key Scriptures: Luke 13:18-19 “He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made their nests in it.”
Jesus illustrated the nature of God’s kingdom to His disciples. He used the common mustard seed to illustrate how powerful something appearing so small in the natural really was. When this small seed was placed in the garden, it grew and became a great tree that could provide shelter and nesting for the birds. Caleb’s faith build his inheritance after 45 years of patience!
Joshua 14:10-12 “And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as He said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me, my strength is now what my strength was then. So now, give me that hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day. . .”
Prayer: Lord, thank You for these examples of men of faith that believed and stood on Your Word. May I be strong and courageous all my days. Amen.