For several years, the story of Joshua has cycled through Bronx Bethany: from time to time, guest speakers will pass through and remind us of God's word to Joshua. It's an old story that some of us are very familiar with.
One of the dangers of "old stories" is that, after a few rounds of hearing them, we stop listening to the words. We stop asking God to show us new things. We start assuming that because we have heard the passage before, God must be repeating it for some other person and not us.
In Sunday's sermons, Reverend Art Alexander spoke from Joshua chapter 1. The temptation is to solely ascribe the message to persons in leadership positions; however, it is a message for every person who heard. As Pastor Art shared, we cannot exclude ourselves from the call of God because of assumptions about our age, station in life, or preparedness for the task.
For today, let's read Deuteronomy 34:9 and Joshua 1:1-9, taking the time to think about what these passages say to us.
What has God granted to you?
What has God asked you to do?
How have you responded to God?
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