Joshua – Chapter 10

…he left none remaining in it….Joshua 10:30 – This short phrase and ones like it fill the last part of chapter 10. We see Joshua destroying the cities within the land God promised them and as we can see from this commonly used phrase in this chapter, he left none remaining in those cities. As intense as that all may be, that’s how we should be in our lives too. See your life is like the promised land in Joshua. In Joshua, there was nations that weren’t supposed to be in the promise land that had to be removed. So is it with sin in your “promise land.” Sin isn’t supposed to be in your life and through Christ, we no longer are chained to it. We can now refuse to follow it and have it as a part of our lives. Yet will you? Will you leave none remaining or allow some to stay? Our lives should be wholly devoted over to God, not most all of it but a little held back. When we keep around some sin, that’s us holding back some of ourselves from God. Follow Joshua’s lead here, destroy it all. Don’t allow any to stay because all it’s going to do is hurt you. The best way to enjoy your promised land to the fullest is remove anything that’s not meant to be there. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac

And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Joshua 10:13 – God isn’t held back in any way to provide for you. We can’t place the limitations we’ve seen in other people within our life on God. We also can’t place our own limitations to provide on God either. Our Heavenly Father has so much more power than you or anyone else has. His storehouse of resources He has to help you with is grand and never ending. Don’t ever listen to the lie from your enemy that God isn’t able to help you or doesn’t want to help you. Look at the passage, God is willing to stop the sun in the sky for the ones that He loves and are following His lead. He’s able to provide for you like that too. Seek Him, lean on Him rather than what you normally lean on, and truly watch for His provision faithfully. While waiting for that provision though, don’t stop your efforts to live for God. Joshua found his provision in the fight and so will you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac

Joshua 10 Daily DEVO And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword. Joshua 10:11 – When we invite God into the process things that would never of been able to happen do happen right before our eyes. We see this over and over with the conquest of Joshua. When God was consulted and invited into the battle plans, victories and miracles happen that would have never taken place if He wasn’t there. This is no different than our story today. As we invite God unto our daily lives by diving deeply into His word to listen to His direction and talking to Him through prayer, we’re going to see His working in our lives like never before. If having the God who created the universe fight for us as an option in life we can choose…why wouldn’t we choose that? Choose to turn to Him and watch for yourself how He moves in the lives of those who follow Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1174

Joshua 10 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal. Joshua 10:9 – Joshua leads the armies of Israel into a massive purge of the land of Canaan and it began with the protection of the people of Gibeon who they just made a covenant to protect in the chapter before. Joshua and his army marches all night and surprises the enemy army with sudden battle. Yet the battle was long, and we even see God hold back the sun for about an extra 12 hours so they could continue fighting for the victory. See then what it took to accomplish the direction of the Lord, marching all night and then battling for hours then having the sun stand still so you could continue battling some more. Know sometimes what God calls us to do will take an effort like this from us too. I highly doubt any of us will have to battle like Joshua did, but the mission we’re given may not be quickly accomplished nor easy to do. It may take long nights and days that seem never to end, and it’s a fight the whole time. Yet, what we hold to is the promise that God is with us and has already given the victory to us. My hope then with this devotion is to not dissuade you from following God but simply remind you that difficulty isn’t uncommon when following God. That when the exhaustion hits and the enemy seems to keep coming, this place is not foreign for a follower of God to be in. In those spaces, lean on the brothers and sisters God has placed in your story. Find yourself deeper in His word and find yourself in prayer like never before. Seek as well to remember that while you’re in the battle, you aren’t battling without God, He is right there with you fighting the good fight. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2469