“Take good heed therefore unto yourselves,
that ye love the Lord your God.” Joshua 23:11
The
calamity of carelessness…this is what Joshua warned the children
of Israel to be cautious of. Over the course of twenty chapters in Joshua, God
delivered the Promised Land into the hands of Israel as He promised; by way of
their dependence and obedience to the Lord. Now Joshua is stricken in years and
calls the leaders together (vs 3) to warn them not to turn from what had
brought them this far. Joshua warns them in (vs 12) “Else if ye do in any wise go back
(to the fallen world)…(vs 13) “Know for CERTANITY that the Lord your God
will NO MORE drive out any of these nations from before you…” Has God been thus true to you? Be not you
false to him. He is faithful that has promised, Heb 10:23. Many good souls have been ruined through
carelessness, returning to snares, traps that are scourges in their side and
thorns in their eyes (vs 13b) all of which they had been delivered from. Nothing
will make one see how wretched they are, so much, as to see how happy they
might have been if they remained faithful to the One who delivered them.
A
wandering soul may pass through moments of happiness, but will never find a
point of peace.
HSAY…Todd
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