Tues.’s Devo - Choose This Day

Read: Joshua 24:1-33; Luke 21:1-28; Psalm 89:38-52; Proverbs 13:20-23 Joshua retold the story of their nation to the elders, leaders, judges and officers. God called Abraham out of idolatry and led him to the land of Canaan. God blessed him and gave him many sons through Isaac. Isaac had two sons: Esau and Jacob. He gave Esau and his 12 sons the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his 12 sons were sent to Egypt. *** God sent Moses and Aaron to deliver Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt with plagues and great signs. He led them across the Red Sea while he drowned the Egyptians with their horses and chariots. *** After 40 years, he brought the people into the land of the Amorites where God gave them victory over them and they possessed their land. Then the met Balak who hired Balaam to curse them. Balaam couldn’t curse them because God would only let him bless them. God gave them land they had not cultivated and houses they had not built. God had done all this for them, so the warning was to fear the Lord and serve him alone. *** Joshua gave them a choice whether they wanted to serve the gods of their enemies who could not save them, or God who did all these wonderful mighty things for them. Joshua proclaimed that he and his house were going to serve the Lord. The people made that choice also. *** Joshua warned them that they were not able to serve God because he was holy and jealous and if they turned away from him, he would become their enemy and fight against them. The people were convinced that they could serve the Lord. So, Joshua told them to destroy their idols and make a covenant with the Lord. Joshua reminded them of all that was written in the law, then he took a stone and rolled it beneath a tree beside the Tabernacle to stand as a testimony of the covenant they had made. *** The people served the Lord until all the people who had personally experienced what God did for them had died. Joseph’s bones were buried in Shechem and Eleazar died and was buried in Gibeah. *** In Luke, Jesus commented on the two mites that a widow put in the collection box. Everyone else’s gifts paled in comparison to hers because she gave all she had. *** The disciples commented on the great stones of the Temple and all the decorations on the walls but Jesus saw ahead to the time when they would all be torn down and Jerusalem taken by their enemies. This happened in 70 A.D. and Jesus described it to a tee. God’s people would be scattered and not control Israel until the time of the Gentiles was over. Jerusalem is still being controlled by Gentiles today. The Jews who rule in Israel claim to be Jews, they even changed their names to sound more Jewish, but they are really European and not of Jewish blood. They claim to be Jews but are not, just like the scriptures say. The earth is being shaken. We can look up, for our salvation is near. It just might not look like we have been told. *** The sun of man has been seen in the stars in astronomy, so the kingdom of God is coming to earth now. *** Thank you, Lord that we are living in the most wonderful times ever seen on the earth. May we be awake, aware, seeking you with all our hearts and not fret. You planned the end from the beginning and we trust your plan.