This last week... on The Journey... we saw the settling of the Promised Land...
Joshua... leading the Israelites in battle... for a long time...
Yet... somehow... in the settling... God's people... settled for less...
Yet the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachithites,
but Geshur and Maacath dwell among [them] still.
Joshua 13:13 Amp
But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
the people of Judah could not drive out;
so the Jebusites dwell with the people at Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 15:63 Amp
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer;
but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day...
Joshua 17:12 Amp
And I wonder... Why...? Why didn't they drive out all the enemy...? Why did they think they couldn't....?
None of the tribes... followed God's command wholeheartedly...
They all let a remnant of the enemy remain in their midst....
They didn't inhabit the full extent of the promise...
Why...?
Were they not wholehearted for Him...?
Was it unbelief...?
Complacency...?
Compromise...?
What about us...? His people today...?
What keeps us from pursuing ALL that He promises...?
We allow the enemy a foothold in our lives... because of the very same heart issues... unbelief... doubt... fear... complacency... compromise...
God's promises to us... are fulfilled... when we are fully faithful...
Stop settling... for less...
This week's readings for... The Journey...
Monday Joshua 18:1 - 19:9
Tuesday Joshua 19:10-51
Wednesday Joshua 20-21
Thursday Joshua 22
Friday Joshua 23-24
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