- And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Joshua 2:11 – Such is the case when the message of the power of God is shared. The story here is a city has heard just how God provided and fought for His people and they know that when God’s people come against them they will have no chance of winning because of how God fights for His people. You must remember God still fights for His people. You must remember if you’ve accepted Christ you are His people. That means that same power that struck fear into the hearts of nations back in the OT is the same power that’s fighting for you! Whatever battle you’re facing right now please know I recognize it’s real; I’m battling my own wars too. Yet allow the message here to step into that battle with you, that God is fighting for you and He wins. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac
- Joshua 2 Daily DEVO For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. Joshua 2:10 – Even before they were born, God was working to set them up for their future. What happened with the Red Sea was a miracle their parents saw, not them, but the news of what happened that day is what struck fear into the enemy’s heart. Realize God has been working on your tomorrow long before you existed and long before you began worrying about it. The starting of you praying about what’s to come isn’t the start date of God working on what’s to come in your story. He has been at work longer than you can imagine to set you up for what’s to come. Trust then when news of whatever your tomorrow holds reaches you that it reached God long before. He has tomorrow taken care of. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1166
- Joshua 2 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there. Joshua 2:1 – For many this will be a familiar story, when Rahab hides the two spies that came to check out Jericho and the promise land. Yet, think about what that meant, two guys were able to simply cross the Jordan and just walk into the promise land before anyone else. I can find myself imagining some massive security fence between God’s people and the promise land. Something that would have kept them out of it for 40 years and something that would have kept someone like Moses from just walking into it even though he wasn’t allowed. Yet, as we see with these two guys, there wasn’t a security fence, they were able to simply walk into Jericho no problem. What kept the people from going in as they pleased? Obedience to God. For us, opportunities may be easy for us to walk into, but God has said no to them. Or maybe a relationship is available to us, and we deeply want it, but we know it isn’t one God would have us in. Like the Israelites, there’s no security fence here. We could easily step into that opportunity and relationship. Why don’t we though? Obedience to God. Just because a path is easy and doors are open doesn’t mean it’s always right with God. Be willing to search out His heart on these things and if that direction doesn’t match up with scripture or doesn’t offer you a godly peace, let’s not begin down that path. Sometimes the most faithful and most obedient thing a follower of God can do is say no. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2461
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