Psalm 91; Joshua 1-4

This post is part of my ongoing series of writing down my thoughts on the Bible passages I read each day. Some days I hope to have great insight that the Lord gives me, and many days, I will likely struggle through the text and not know what to write down based on what I read. My hope and prayer is that as I make this a habit, just as I did daily writing for so long, that I will improve on my ability to read and understand the passages I’m reading. Please keep in mind that many of these posts may be published late at night or with little time studying and simply be my first thoughts after reading. This is in no way a commentary that one should use to discern the Bible, but my own personal thoughts.

Passing on leadership.

Appropriately named, The book of Joshua is where the leadership of the people of Israel is given from Moses to Joshua. Moses has served the purposes that God had given him, and he did it faithfully, and now it was time for someone else to take on the role that Moses had served in.

In some ways, this reminds me that everyone is replaceable. I don’t mean to say that cynically. Simply that God doesn’t NEED you. I think we sometimes get it in our head that we’re the only ones in the entire world that can do a certain thing. In reality, God can raise up anyone he wants to fill a need that he wants filled. It’s not that God needs us to do something, it’s that he chooses us to be involved in the plan that He has designed. When we run away from what He has called us to, it’s not like God is sunk and has no plan B without us, it’s that we miss out on the opportunity to be someone used for His kingdom.

I almost think of it as if the president called you and asked you to do something, if you don’t do it, he’s not out of options, he’s got 300 thousand other people he can call, but you miss out on being a part of something big!

Similar to Aaron, Moses, the great leader of the Israelites dies, the people mourn, and the people moved on. If your impact is only looking as far as the world we live in today and not the eternal matters of life, you will have a smaller impact that you can ever know.