Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Year 4, Day 203: Joshua 18

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Discipleship Focus: Provision

  • Provision: God gives us what we truly need.  God knows our needs better than we can know them.  We learn to trust God to provide for us.

In this chapter we see the people of Benjamin receive their inheritance.  This is a neat chapter to again return to this idea of provision.  God gives out this inheritance near the top of the list of the tribes, showing its importance.

Within the boundaries of Benjamin is Jerusalem.  The tribe of Benjamin receives one of the most important cities in the history of the world.  God has provided them with an incredible provision!

That being said, we know that the people of Benjamin also struggle to capture Jerusalem.  In fact, it is David who will capture the city and make it his own.  Although God has given an incredible provision, it does not mean that the people have an easy stroll into God’s provision.

The message of these inheritance chapters is that God can provide, empower, equip, and conquer.  But it isn’t necessarily easy.  And it isn’t at all simple.  Neither is it a quick process to get to where God is calling us.  But it is worth it.  It is worth the struggle.  And it is absolutely worth understanding that God’s provision is incredible and all that we need.  Just like God giving the people of Benjamin the greatest city in the history of the world, so is God’s provision for us in Christ.


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