Tues.’s Devo - Our Just Judge

Read: Joshua 13:1-14:15; Luke 18:1-17; Psalm 85:1-13; Proverbs 13:7-8
Joshua was growing old and there was still much land yet to conquer and take possession of. The land they had not taken was very close to where Jerusalem is now and was in the territory that was allotted to Judah. God told them that He, himself would drive out the people of the mountains. They were the Sidonites which means “hunters”. They were to divide this land among the tribes except Levi whose inheritance was the Lord.
We have a list of the land that Rueben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh was given east of the Jordan. I am looking at a map that shows the land each tribe received and Manasseh and Judah got the most land and Benjamin and Issachar received the smallest area of land, but in Benjamin’s land is Jerusalem, Jericho, Ai, Gibeon, Gilgal and Bethel which are very strategic cities.
Caleb, from the tribe of Judah (Numbers 13:6) went to Joshua and pleaded his cause for the city of Hebron. It had been called Kirath Arba which means “city of four” and was changed to Hebron which means “one who has crossed”. Hebron was the land that Abraham had bought to bury Sarah in. Four great men crossed over into Sheol from this land: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. These four crossed over into the promises of God even though they never saw them on earth. (Hebrews 11)
In Luke, Jesus told a parable about a woman going before an unrighteous judge who didn’t love people. She needed justice against her adversary. She kept coming till she got what she wanted.
We don’t have a unjust judge, but a just judge who loves us. We do have an adversary and he is Satan. Our just judge answers us quickly and brings justice.
Jesus then told them why some of them didn’t get their prayers answered. They were proud and didn’t humble themselves.
Then Jesus showed them how to come into the kingdom…like a child. In other words…believe that God can do anything!
Lord, thank you for being our just judge who advocates for us. Thank you for the blood of Jesus that makes us righteous to stand before you and present our case like Caleb did.