Scripture: Joshua 4.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Joshua 4:19-24 (NLT)

19 The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho. 20 It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River.

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed over.

24 He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the Lord’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the Lord your God forever.”

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

I pray that one day someone will be blessed by reading these devotionals, as they tell a little about how God may have touched my life through the reading of His Word. These may be held as a memorial of these special moments in my life that I had with God. There are other special times in our Christian walk, and in the life of our church, that I wish could be recorded so that our ancestors could reflect back on and see how the mighty hand of God was active in our lives. Joshua saw the need for this and erected memorials to be used as a reminder to future generations. The memorial didn’t consist of anything very expensive, but yet it served a purpose. Thank God that we don’t have a lot of arguing in the business meetings at our church, but I bet that if these were meetings where we celebrated the victories in the various areas of our ministry, then not only might our meeting be better attended, but the minutes from these meetings may serve as a memorial to our next generation to reflect back on the work of Christ in His church. God is actively working among His people every day, oh that we may give Him full credit for all that is accomplished and not be so self-centered to think that we, individually, had the power to accomplish anything in and of own selves. I love the words of that popular old hymn, “To GOD be the glory, for the great things He has done“!

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Father it is You that deserves the praise for all that is accomplished in our lives, especially in the lives of all that have placed our faith and trust in You and have allowed You to work in and through us. May we never fall short of celebrating and offering thanks for all that You have done. Lord may I also be like Joshua and find ways to set up memorials that would remind me to tell over and over again to those that will follow behind me, how awesome my God has been in my life. May these memorials also serve as grounds for celebration by my ancestors as they look back and reflect on how You had worked so mightily in the life of Your servant. Oh Lord, may I and Your people with whom I worship and associate, always find ways to celebrate Your mighty works and in turn, give You all the glory for the great things You have done! You are God alone, and there is none beside You. May the lost see this clearly in the way that we live and worship!

 

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