TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING:

• Read Joshua Chapter 11

JUST AS THE LORD HAD DIRECTED

Joshua 11:1-23

“So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.” (23)

1. Overcoming huge odds (1-11)

Jabin organized an alliance of dozens of northern kings. It was a foreboding army that would cast fear into any heart. But God assured his people that by the next day, the huge army would be handed over. They had to fight them and would defeat them completely with the Lord’s help. Terrible odds is never a problem for the Lord.

2. God granted a sweeping victory (12-23)

God hardened the kings’ hearts so that they would continue forming alliances and attacking Israel. Joshua waged war for a long time. Joshua even destroyed the Anakites, the same people who inflicted such fear in the hearts of the Israelites earlier (Num 13:33). God shares his sweeping victories with his people.

Lord, I am tempted to do things in my own way. But I see that when I trust and obey you, I can overcome great odds and share in your victory.