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Daily Devotion: Joshua 1:1-2

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Joshua 1:1-2     "Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,  (2)  Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel."

There is much that could be written about Moses. He was a blessed man of God. The epitaph that was written about him is found in the Word of God, Hebrews 3:5.  God says about Moses, "And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after." Moses was faithful in all his house. It's sad that one of the things we think about Moses is that his anger kept him out of the Promised Land. He used the rod that we wrote about yesterday to strike the rock when God had told him to speak to it. He was angry and frustrated at the people because of their constant moaning and complaining. He allowed the anger to be the influence, or impetus, of his actions. Still, we read God's thoughts about Moses, "And Moses verily was faithful in all his house." If God said Moses was faithful, then we can know that Moses was indeed faithful. When I think about that, I let my mind go back to the instructions that were given to Moses.

God's specific instructions to Moses were these words, "Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt." (Exodus 3:10) He was sent back to Egypt to bring the people of God OUT of Egypt. I do not remember reading where Moses was to take the people INTO the promised land. Did God know that the incident would take place where Moses struck the rock? Of course He did. Was that why He did not instruct Moses to take the people out of one place into the other? I don't know. But I do know that "Moses verily was faithful in all his house." Quite honestly that's all I need to know. Moses accomplished what God told him to do. I wish that could be said of me, but I have far too many failures in my life. But I want to be faithful to my Lord.

The Lord willing, tomorrow we will look at Joshua.

1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee.

5 Take my will and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.

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