If you are joining us in reading through Joshua, Judges, Ruth today’s reading is Joshua 9:9-27 and the devotion is taken from verses 9-25. But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?” They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.” ’This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is. And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.” The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD. Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath. Did you ever do anything rash and then realize a little bit later that it was the wrong decision? Joshua had been told not to make any treaties with those who live in the land. So when people came to him suggesting that they wanted to serve him and they were outsiders he should’ve immediately recognized the possibility of deception. Sometimes we are too quick to take action without first checking out exactly what we are doing. God has reasons for telling us not to do things. Satan understands this and will sometimes manipulate the situation so that we think we’re in God’s will but in reality we are not. So we must be careful when something unexpectedly drops in our lap and we don’t take a moment to take the situation to God. We can be easily deceived. Take time to pray so the Holy Spirit will make things clear.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:00:00 +0000
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