Wed.’s Devo - Complete Victory!

Read: Joshua 11:1-12:24; Luke 17:11-37; Psalm 84:1-12; Proverbs 13:5-6 Joshua continues conquering the the land in today’s reading. Jabin, the king of Hazor who ruled north boarding Syria and Assyria summoned three other kings to join with him in fighting Israel. They came out with a huge army on horses and chariots from the north, south, east and west. *** God told Joshua not to fear because in a day he would give them all to him. They were to kill them, hamstring their horses and burn their chariots. They did a surprise attack and chased them down and defeated them. They hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots just like the Lord said. Joshua captured the city of Hazor who was the head of all those kingdoms. It was like the principality of all the other demons. Joshua killed all its inhabitants and burned Hazor to the ground. He killed their king with the sword and devoted them all to destruction. *** Joshua did not burn down the other cities but took the spoil from them. He took all their land and notice that part of that land was Goshen which is not the Goshen Jacob and his sons had lived outside of Egypt when Joseph ruled Egypt. This was a city in the mountains of Judah. They acquired cities, hill country, plains, mountains and valleys. *** Joshua killed the Anakin and destroyed their cities. He took all the land the Lord had given to Moses as an inheritance to the children of Israel. *** Israel defeated two kings east of the Jordan and 31 kings in the promised land making it a total of 33 kings. They took possession of their cities, their goods and killed all who breathed. They did exactly what the Lord told them to do. *** In Luke, Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem when he met 10 lepers begging him to have mercy on them. Instead of healing them, he told them to go show themselves to the priests. As they obeyed and went, they were healed. The Samaritan returned to thank Jesus. Jesus asked where the others were. Then he told the one to go his way because his faith had made him whole, not just healed - whole. He got the whole package, Salvation, healing, and a future in the kingdom. *** The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would come. Jesus explained that the coming of the kingdom was not something they would be able to see with their natural eyes. The kingdom of God is a presence that will be in you. *** Then Jesus told his disciples that the time would come when they would long to see one of the days of the son of man. We see that in our day. We are longing to see someone do the miracles that Jesus did and when we hear of it, we go chasing after it. Jesus said not to do this, because when that day comes where we will be doing the works of Christ it will be like lightning that starts at one side of the heavens and quickly spreads to the other. Miracle revivals will be like that. *** Jesus then shifts to the present and prepares them for the fact that they are going to see him suffer greatly and be rejected by their generation. *** Jesus then shifts back to the days of the Son of Man. It is compared to both the days of Noah before the flood and the days of Sodom before it was destroyed. It will be business as usual, then the wicked will be taken out. It will be too late to repent. The ones left will be saved and experience the days of the Son of Man. *** When his disciples asked where they would be taken he said, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” A corpse is a dead person, so the ones who are removed or taken are those who die and are eaten by the birds, which was what they said happened to wicked people who died. This was just to give us insight into who was leaving and who was staying. *** Lord, help us to have great discernment in the days we are in. May we trust your presence within us. Thank you that you are in control and we can trust in your plan.