It Depends On Who You Ask?

Judges 1-3

This is a reminder that man thinking is very different than God's thinking. What is evil in the sight of God may be fine in the sight of man. When we pray to God for deliverance, we often think that we are fine when our prayers are answered and we have been delivered. This is man's thinking. God's thinking according to the word is that deliverance is only the beginning. Once we have been delivered, we are on a journey to allow God to change our life. We miss this part and spend our lives in a cycle of answered prayers, and deliverance without ever changing. We would not need so much deliverance if we listened to God. The Israelites kearned the hard way.

Not Again!

Joshua 22-24 Season Finale

This is a reminder to remember what has transpired with us and God in the past. Our experiencecan teach us to revere God and honor what he says so we cam avoid the consequences of disobedience. The 9 and a half tribes were ready to fight against the 2 and a half tribes because they were oreparing to do something outside of what God had told them and ordained for them to do in offerings. Israel did not want God to blame them for what the 2 and a half tribe was preparing to do. They called them on their mistake and the 2 and a half tribe repented and halted their plans. God exoects us as people of God to call people of God on their errors and ask them to repent. We should be glad if someone calls us on a wrong and repent immediately so we donot offend God.

Is It Your Promise?

Joshua 19-21

This is a reminder that not only does God make promises, but that he keeps them. He is a promise-keeper. We are disappointed in God when we try to claim a promise that God made to someone else. Some promises in the Bible are to everyone. Some are to individuals and are not for anyone else. We must be careful not to try to transfer the blessings or oromises of others onto ourselves. The only way we can do this is if God tells us that is is fir us as well. The promised land was to Abraham and his seed. It was not realized until the 4 th generation. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never saw the promise, but they believed God that it would come to pass even if it was not in their lifetime.

God wants a personal relationship with us so he can tell us what our personal promised land is. When we know what our personal promised land is, we can do our part as God blesses what he promised.

Joshua 16-18

Be Very Careful!

This is a reminder that we can lose because of our disobedience to God. When God says do not make a league with someone, it is for our own good. It will be like a thorn in our side or a snare to us. We often compromise by making excuses for why we compromise or settle for less than God's best. We end up looking like the world more than God. It is hard to get out of the league we make with the devil. He will try to hold us to it. We should be very careful to ask God if we should make a league with anyone.

Joshua 13-15

What is robbing you of the promises of God?

This is a reminder of what it looks like to follow God fully and walk in faith. It parallells Caleb walking with God wholly to us walking by faith. Caleb chose faith when others chose to walk in what they saw. Walking by faith means believing in what God has said to the point where we operate, think, and speak based upon what God has said.

Joshua 10-12

This is a reminder that we can end up fighting our enemies' battle if we do not seek God's counsel. We often forget to seek God on what we consider the smaller things. It is wise to seek God on a daily basis as we make decisions in our lives. We can be tricked by outer appearances. We cannot see a person's heart or agenda, but God can.

Joshua 7-9

This is a reminder that we should never break covenant with God by doing something he commanded us not to do. If God says for us not to touch something or do something, then that thing is an accursed thing for us. Many times we miss out on our healing, lose battles, or cannot be in true relationship with God because we underestimate the enemy from within. We must be careful who we allow in our inner circle. What they do does impact us. The story of Achan and how he caused the children of Israel to lose reminds us that people sometimes do things that we are not aware of that can impact us tremendously. Likewise we must be careful not to touch what is accursed for us ithat God forbad us to touch, take or be around.

Joshua 4-6

Allowing God to Shake Your Tree!

This is a reminder that God wants to take us to our next season or iur personal promised land. God has to shake our tree to get the fruit that is ready to fall off. When it is time, the fruit will come off easy. Sometimes, God is trying to get us to let go of last years apples to make way for the new apples that will grow the next year. God builds our faith first so that when we see a bare tree, we do not panic. We have learned to trust him so we give time for the new apples to grow each year. We let them go when it is time to let them go. This could mean friends, social groups, churches, jobs, soul ties, or anything that blocks our progress toward where God is trying to take us. Let God shake our tree so we can move forward in faith.