Daily Devotional from Joshua 24--Verses 14a & 15a,c (CSB)“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship him in sincerity and truth...But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship... As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.”Have you ever heard the song “Gotta Serve Somebody” by Bob Dylan? Throughout the song he mentions people from all walks ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 23— Verse 14And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.As I was reading this passage, it brought to mind the last conversation I had with my grandpa befor...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 22--Verse 19But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against the Lord or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.The emphasis on community here is important. As we follow th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 21--Verse 45Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.God kept all of His good promises to the Israelites!He has made good promises to us also - promises He has guaranteed to keep.Wouldn’t you like to know what they are? The Scriptures are full of them!Here is one example:“And I am sure of this, tha...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 20–Verse 9These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the immigrants residing among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.I am so glad that we serve a God who looks at the heart. Sometimes accidents happen, and we have to deal with the cons...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 19—Verses 10-11…and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.Such a simple sentence. Do you ever wonder what pleases the Lord? Exposing the things hidden in darkness is pleasing to the Lord. It’s not so much just telling people what’s wrong. Much of the time this won’t always be done with wor...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 18–Verse 3How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?They say, “Half the job is just starting.” Yet beginning a big task can tend to psych a person out.When I was in seminary, I had to write a 200-page dissertation. I looked forward to it, but I felt a little intimidated too. Had I read enou...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 17—Verses 17-18Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only, but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 16–Verses 4-5a, 10aThe people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans…However, they did not drive out the Canaanites…The specificity of the boundaries God described shows his wisdom to avert future disputes. I once heard of a study that was done with school children. On the playgrounds without f...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 15–Verses 16And Caleb said, "Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."Here we see Othniel, the nephew of Caleb going after a prize....a wife. All he had to do to win the prize was to show himself a capable military leader and capture a city. God had allotted the land to the tribe of Judah, but they had to conquer it...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 14--Verse 14Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh. It makes sense that Hebron would go to Caleb. Hebron was a significant place. Some 500 years prior to this, Abraham purchased it to bury his wife, Sarah. And eventually all the patriarchs were buried there. Therefore, when the spies (of which Caleb was one) came into the promised land they immedia...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Joshua 13–Verse 7I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.Joshua was old and advanced in years, meaning he was really old! Yet much of the land that God had promised to Israel had y...  Read More