Day 16 - 90 Day Challenge +
On the heels of the first five books of the Bible, the book of Joshua roars to life with its fast paced action and military excitement. Joshua wastes no time embracing his role as Israel's leader and before you know it God is performing miracles and driving the inhabitants out of the Land that he promised to his people.
While the books of Leviticus and Numbers seems to drag on with lots of repetition and scattered bits of excitement, Joshua is quite the opposite. You barely turn the page and it is nearly over. Just as soon as the conquest begins it appears to have almost come to an end. I hope those of you who are reading along with me have made it this far. If you have, you've made it through the books that usually KO people right out of their yearly Bible reading plan. Congratulations! Keep going.
There's something I'd like for you to think about as you leave the Pentateuch behind. I posed this question last night to those in my church who are reading through the Bible together.
"Having read Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, you see that God is very precise. He is concerned with things that you and I would consider 'minor details.' How does it both frighten and encourage you to know that God is this concerned with the minor details?"
I leave that question for you in the hopes that it will cause you to see nothing as to small to bring before the Lord in prayer, and in the hopes that you will see no sin as small and insignificant.
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