In this section of Joshua, we find another lengthy chapter filled with names of cities that are hard to pronounce. While the first 40 verses or so seem to have little value to us today, these long chapters about the allotment of the land show and important point, and that is summed up best in the last few verses.
"Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands. Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass." Joshua 21:43-45
In these verses, we see that once the nation of Israel stopped trying to do it their own way and finally surrendered and trusted the Lord their God, then the Lord fulfilled everyone of the promises he had made to them. The conquest of the land of Canaan was not a small task by any stretch of the imagination, and though it took some time, the Lord did give the Israelites what he promised to give him.
I think we need to remember that as the Lord promises, so he does. God does not break promises, he does just what he says he will, but we have to be willing to submit and trust to him. I need to submit to and trust him more daily.
LORD, help me today to submit to your will and plan for my life and to trust you to do what you say you are going to do. Amen.
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