Sat.’s Devo - Victory!

Read: Joshua 11:1-12:24; Luke 17:11-37; Psalm 84:1-12; Proverbs 13:5-6 Joshua took the Lord’s command to be strong and courageous to heart and attacked the combined forces of four kings. God had told them that they would face enemies bigger and more powerful than them but He would be with them. They would win. When it was over, Joshua and his army had defeated 31 kings and taken the land. Joshua obeyed the Lord and killed and destroyed everything. They defeated the giants of the land. This is what we can do to our enemies when God is on our side. *** In Luke, Jesus was making his way to Jerusalem for the last time. He came upon 10 lepers who cried out for mercy. Jesus told them to go show themselves to the priests. This was their act of faith. They went and as they went they were healed. One of them came back to praise him and thank him. This man was a Samaritan. He wouldn’t have been able to get in to see a priest. He came back to the future high priest of heaven to show himself. He told this mom to send up and go because his faith had healed him. *** One of the Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. Jesus told him it was here. One day, they would long for the Son of Man to return but they wouldn’t see it. He would see the Son of Man suffer and be rejected by this generation. When he comes back it will be like the days of Noah. Everyone will party till the storm takes them by surprise. *** Lot had to leave Sodom first and then destruction happened immediately. The Church will have to leave first, then destruction will come. It will be too late to do any preparation. The warning is to stay ready for Christ’s return. *** Lord, your perfect love casts out all fear. We do not fear the future or what our destiny entails. Help us to be strong and courageous as we take the land or your name’s sake.