Joshua - Be Strong and Courageous , Sarah Barry
BY GOD'S POWER AND FOR HIS GLORY
Passage: Joshua 24:1~13  
Key verse: 12
The Covenant Renewed at Shechem
24 Then Joshua assembled(A) all the tribes of Israel at Shechem.(B) He summoned(C) the elders,(D) leaders, judges and officials of Israel,(E) and they presented themselves before God.
2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,(F) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.(G) 3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(H) and gave him many descendants.(I) I gave him Isaac,(J) 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(K) I assigned the hill country of Seir(L) to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.(M)
5 “‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron,(N) and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.(O) 6 When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea,(P) and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen[a](Q) as far as the Red Sea.[b](R) 7 But they cried(S) to the Lord for help, and he put darkness(T) between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them.(U) You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians.(V) Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.(W)
8 “‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites(X) who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land.(Y) 9 When Balak son of Zippor,(Z) the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor(AA) to put a curse on you.(AB) 10 But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you(AC) again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.
11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan(AD) and came to Jericho.(AE) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,(AF) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,(AG) but I gave them into your hands.(AH) 12 I sent the hornet(AI) ahead of you, which drove them out(AJ) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(AK) 13 So I gave you a land(AL) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’(AM)
Footnotes
- Joshua 24:6 Or charioteers
- Joshua 24:6 Or the Sea of Reeds
Cross references
- Joshua 24:1 : Ge 49:2
- Joshua 24:1 : S Ge 12:6
- Joshua 24:1 : 1Sa 12:7; 1Ki 8:14
- Joshua 24:1 : Jos 7:6
- Joshua 24:1 : Jos 23:2
- Joshua 24:2 : Ge 11:26
- Joshua 24:2 : Ge 11:32
- Joshua 24:3 : S Ge 12:1
- Joshua 24:3 : S Ge 1:28; S 12:2
- Joshua 24:3 : S Ge 21:3
- Joshua 24:4 : S Ge 25:26
- Joshua 24:4 : S Ge 14:6; S Nu 24:18
- Joshua 24:4 : Ge 46:5-6
- Joshua 24:5 : S Ex 3:10
- Joshua 24:5 : Ex 12:51
- Joshua 24:6 : S Ex 14:22
- Joshua 24:6 : S Ex 14:9
- Joshua 24:6 : Ex 14:23
- Joshua 24:7 : S Ex 14:10
- Joshua 24:7 : Ex 14:20
- Joshua 24:7 : S Ex 14:28
- Joshua 24:7 : S Ex 19:4
- Joshua 24:7 : Dt 1:46
- Joshua 24:8 : S Ex 23:23
- Joshua 24:8 : S Nu 21:31
- Joshua 24:9 : Nu 22:2
- Joshua 24:9 : S Nu 23:7
- Joshua 24:9 : S Nu 22:6
- Joshua 24:10 : S Nu 23:11; S Dt 23:5
- Joshua 24:11 : S Ex 14:29
- Joshua 24:11 : Jos 6:1
- Joshua 24:11 : S Jos 3:10
- Joshua 24:11 : S Ge 15:18-21
- Joshua 24:11 : Ex 23:23; Dt 7:1
- Joshua 24:12 : S Ex 23:28; Ps 44:3, 6-7
- Joshua 24:12 : S Ex 23:31
- Joshua 24:12 : Ps 135:11
- Joshua 24:13 : Ex 6:8
- Joshua 24:13 : Dt 6:10-11
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1. Not by our might, but by God's power (1-12)
Through Joshua, God reminded his people of his grace. He began with Abraham, who was brought out from his idol worshipping people to live by faith. God blessed his descendants. After four hundred years of slavery in Egypt, God led his people out under Moses' leadership. He protected them and brought them into Canaan. He helped them to defeat the fortress of Jericho. He drove out nations. None of this was by their own strength. It was by the power of the Lord God Almighty who was with his people and helped them settled there.
2. God blessed them abundantly (13)
God gave them vast fields with cities. They ate fruit they did not plant. It was a hard road, but God led them into abundant blessings. God wants to bless his people. We can never pay him back. All we can do is thank him and commit our lives to him.
Prayer: Lord, you have been going on before me and constantly delivering me. It is not my feeble efforts but by your power that got me here. Thank you.
One Word: God delivers and provides