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| Joshua Leads Israel Crossing the Jordan River (by Gustave Dore, 1865) |
Grasshoppers!
Joshua exclaimed as he covered his head and opened a scroll in
prayer. He knew the people were afraid. It was right then, the still
quiet voice of God penetrated his being and gave him the
instructions.
There
would be no shirking of his duty. The anointing power of God encased
his body, mind, soul, and strength.
“This
book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to
all that is written in it. For then you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will have good success.
“Have
I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid,
nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go”
(Joshua 1:8-9 NKJ).
The
solitary general sitting among the rocks of the desert pondered the
mission in his heart. Since Moses died, he felt alone.
Now it
was his mission to lead the attack of the entire Hebrew nation upon
the promised land, the land of Abraham, to reclaim the land of the
patriarchs. His people would face multiple warrior nations against
them. He knew Caleb stood with him before God. But he also remembered
what the other ten spies had reported.
“The
land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its
inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great
stature. There we saw the giants...; and we were like grasshoppers
in our own sight, and so we were in their sight” (Num. 13:32-33
NKJ).
Through
faith, Joshua knew he had to make the decision, Go or No Go. He knew
he could not overcome overwhelming numbers of enemies without God.
Little
did Joshua know, his name would be the same name as the expected
Jewish Messiah to come, Yeshua, Jesus! But he looked down at his
scroll and his heart knew the confirming word of the Lord ringing
through his being.
King
David would express it later, in years to come.
“Blessed
is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in
the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his
delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he meditates day
and night.
“He
shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings
forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf does not wither; and
whatever he does shall prosper” (Psalm 1:1-3 NKJ).
Through
the Spirit, Joshua heard only one word ringing in his whole being,
“Attack!”
--Bill
Hunt
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