Joshua 14 – Promises kept

The Promised Land is divided up into an inheritance for each tribe of Israel. While this chapter is pretty boring in and of itself, it is actually the culmination of all the promises and covenants God has made with the people of Israel going back to the time of Abraham.

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Exodus 19 – God’s voice…God’s covenant

“You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself. Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

“All the people answered together and said, ‘All that the LORD has spoken we will do!’ And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.”

Do we obey God’s voice and keep God’s covenant? That is a question we should ask as individuals, as church communities, and as the church universal.

What does God’s voice say? Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

What is God’s covenant? There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Genesis 17 – The sign of our covenant

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeard to him and said…’As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendents after you for the generations to come. This is my covenant with you and your descendents after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.”

Oooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch! The guy is ninety-nine years old. But seriously…God does require a commitment from us. Are we willing to make a sacrifice for God? Circumcision may not be the sign of the covenant that God is making with us. Maybe our sacrificial sign is moving to a new place. Maybe our sacrificial sign is changing jobs. Maybe our sacrificial sign is entering a ministry that makes us uncomfortable.

If God is entering into a covenant with you, then he will let you know what the sacrificial sign of your covenant is. The nice thing about circumcision is that it’s hard to forget. When God reveals your sacrificial sign be sure to remember it and keep it close to your heart.

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