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JOSHUA DIVIDED AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED
LORD’S DAY, NOVEMBER 26
Joshua 14

Numbers 13:30

 

“Let us go up at once, and possess it;

for we are well able to overcome it.”

 

JOSHUA DIVIDED AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED
 
All the tribes were to be allocated a place for their inheritance and they needed to be satisfied with it. Joshua had to attend to those needs right down to the needs of the families. It is noted in Bible history, and even up to today, that the question of land possession is an emotive issue. Joshua had to use his authority as leader of the nation to be able to satisfy all the tribes and families. He had administrative officers and a functioning system that he used to ensure that the people obeyed him. When he began the allocation, everything fell into place logically.
 
They began with the tribe of Judah because of Caleb. He was Joshua’s companion in spying the land in the days of Moses. Caleb was the patriarch of the tribe and deserved a reward because he had faithfully followed God. That gave him the courage to make a specific request for his inheritance. He told of their exploits forty years before. He reminded Joshua of what God had said to Moses, the man of God, concerning both of them at that time in Kadeshbarnea. He said that he had brought a good report concerning their mission as was in his heart. He spoke of those who did not wholly follow God at that time. He reported that the brethren who had gone with them melted the heart of the people.
 
Caleb knew of the need to win a psychological war before winning the real physical war. The former governs the state of one’s heart. When the heart is encouraged by the positive hope on the promises of God, that war is won already. Caleb knew all along of his commitment and God’s promise, and thus he spoke with that confidence. He was an old man of eighty-five years, about the same age as Joshua. There were no other men of their age because they had perished in the wilderness due to their rebellion. Joshua had the moral support to fulfil his task.
 
THOUGHT: A heart committed to God achieves much.

PRAYER: Father, give me a persevering heart.

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