I love the final part of this passage.
So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.
The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hands.
Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. (Joshua 21:43-45)
It was nearly 700 to 800 years before that God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give them the land in Canaan.
God kept his promise, and over the centuries, one man Abraham became a great nation.
God then miraculously brought his descendants out of slavery in Egypt.
Then after leading them for 40 years in the desert, God brought them into Canaan. And after many battles, they were now settled in a land that they could call their own.
The only thing they had to do was believe God’s promises and act on them.
But that is the catch. If we want to see God’s promises happen in our lives, we need to believe them and act on them.
The first generation of Jews that came out of Egypt didn’t, and they all died in the desert except for Joshua and Caleb.
The Danites in chapter 19 didn’t and failed to take the land that God had for them. What about you?
God has given us the promise of eternal life. Do you believe it and have you responded to it.
In John 3:16, it says,
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
To receive eternal life is so easy. All we need to do is believe in God’s promise and ask to receive it. And Jesus said, “whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” (John 6:37)
And what of God’s other promises? His promises of provision? His promises of blessing?
Do we believe them? And do we act on them?
Or are we like those who refused to believe?
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