Fri.’s Devo - God Never Forgets a Promise

Read: Joshua 13:1-14:15; Luke 18:1-17; Psalm 85:1-13; Proverbs 13:7-8 Joshua was getting old and God told him there was still land to conquer. It was the land of the Philistines, the Geshurites and the Canaanites. The land was on the border of Egypt and the Lebanon mountains and hills. God said that he would drive them out himself so he wanted Joshua to assign the land to the tribes. Rueben, Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh had already received their land so the nine and a half other tribes were divided up by Eleazar the priest, Joshua and the tribal leaders. They were chosen by the means of sacred lots according the the Lord’s command through Moses. Caleb came to them and made a request. God had promised him the land he had scouted out the first time and he wanted it. It was the land where they had seen the giants. They granted Caleb’s request. Caleb was now 85 and was just as strong as he had been at 40 when he spied out the land. God never forgets a promise. In Luke, Jesus taught his disciples two different ways to get justice with God over their circumstances. One was the example of the widow and the unjust judge. She kept petitioning the judge until he got so tired of seeing her that he gave her what she wanted. The next was the tax collector and the Pharisee. They both prayed but the Pharisee prayed out of a self-righteous heart. The tax collector humbly cried out for mercy. God gave his blessing to the humble tax collector because his heart was right. We could sum it up with persistence and humility. Those will get the attention of God with your prayers. The third story was of the children. It shows us how we come to God and his response to us. We come to him just as a child comes to God to be blessed. He always receives us just as Jesus wanted to touch and bless the children. Lord, help us to see how much you delight in us and want us to come to you. We thank you that you are the good judge who listens to our petitions and judges righteously.