Joshua 22:1-9

hey hey good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions this morning we are at Joshua chapter 22 we're going to look at the first 10 verses some people going home from war who gets to leave let's have some coffee we'll pray we'll get into God's word let's pray father we thank you so much for this day what a blessing it is to get to read your word we pray that you would please help us Lord to understand it and that it would be applied to our lives lives we pray that you would please teach us and let us follow in your ways in Jesus's name amen all right here we go Joshua Joshua chapter 22 let me grab my Bible up here Joshua chapter 22 the first 10 verses nine verses sorry then Joshua called the reubenites the gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh and said to them you have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I command you you have not left your Brethren these many days up to this day but have kept the charge of the Commandment of the Lord your God and now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brethren as he promised them now therefore return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession which Moses the servant of the lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan but take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you you to love the Lord your God to walk in all his ways to keep his Commandments to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul so Joshua blessed them and sent them away and they went to their tents now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in bason but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their Brethren on this side of the Jordan Westward and indeed when Joshua sent them away to their tents and blessed them they spoke to them saying return with much riches to your tents with very much livestock with silver and gold with bronze and iron and with very much clothing divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren so the children of Reuben the children of GAD and the half tribe of Manasseh returned and departed from the children of Israel at Sho which is in the land of Canaan to go to the country of Gilead to the land of their possession which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses so we need to ask ourselves our three ABC questions a what's this about B what's the best verse to summarize us and C what are we called to do so what's this about well in the previous chapter we ended up with uh not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel all came to pass right the Lord was good on his promise they were in the promised land the land was being conquered people were winning the tide of war was on their side and so now the reubenites the gadites and the halft tribe of manasa they've done their part now it's time for them to get their reprieve to go home and so this is them Joshua called them this is Joshua he's a leader of God's people he's not the king God's the king but he's a leader of the people he calls them to him at Shiloh and he says to them right you've done it boys you kept all the commands you you told Moses you were going to take the land like you wanted your inheritance on that side of the of the Jordan River on the east side but you promised you were going to come and and you were going to fight and you left your women you left your children you left your homes and you left your herds and you came here and you've done it and you've done well so take your part of the spoils take your part of The Spoils of War take the good things that God's given you and go home enjoy your family now that's what this part is saying saying so uh they go so the children verse 9 so the children of Reuben and the children of G Gad and half tribe of Manasseh returned and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh right and they go to their own country uh which is in the land of Canaan to go to the country of Gilead to the land of their possession which they have obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses right the Lord had given them land now they had gone and fought with their brothers so that they might have their land and now they get to finally go home and rest what a sweet sweet return home that must have been as their wives and their little ones their children were waiting for them longing to see when was daddy going to come home so that's what this section is about what's the best verse to summarize this well in my Bible uh I have verse two you're going to laugh at me two through five underlined right because there's really two parts here the command to go home like God's given you given your brothers rest as he promised them now therefore return and go to your tents into the land of your possession which Moses the servant of the lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan but then there's also this departing charge isn't there did you notice that the the charge that Joshua gives them in verse five but take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to love the Lord your God to walk in all his ways to keep his Commandments and hold fast to him to serve him with all your heart with all your soul right remember the shama remember the Lord your God hero Israel the Lord your God the Lord is one you shall love the Lord your God the VAV you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your strength right go on the other side God bless you as you go do your work keep following the Lord keep going with him don't forget him don't forget his promises right this is the leader Joshua reminding them to be faithful to God and His his Covenant as they go home on the other side of the Jordan he knows that distance might make them even be able to move away from the Lord and he says don't do that guys go you've done well here go and do well at home so that's why I really like verse four and five especially all right so let's do seek calling what are we called to do now don't we long for the same thing right well done good and faithful servant is isn't that I I I I stand in front of the congregation each week and as I pronounce the blessing of God upon his people with the ironic blessing right the Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace as I say that to God's people each week isn't that what we want to be sent home knowing that God's face has shined upon us so that we know who we are in Christ and that as we go out we're encouraged go love the Lord you have been loving the Lord keep loving the Lord walk in his ways he's a good god he's a covenant keeping King and so follow after him so today love the Lord love him with all your heart mind soul and strength yeah we're not going to do that perfectly it's not about legalism but keep his Commandments follow after him because he's a good father a loving God a great king endure with great patience walk in his ways because he has loved you let's pray father we thank you that you have demonstrated your love for us and that you sent your son Christ Jesus to Die For Us you've changed our hearts you've made us turn to love you and so father we pray that we would love you Lord we pray that we would volitionally from our own will from our own desires desire you love you and walk in your ways so God may you be glorified in our lives may we follow in your ways all the days of our our lives in Jesus's name we pray amen well may the Lord bless you and keep you may his face shine upon you and may you know that his countenance has been lifted towards you and may you have peace love the Lord walk in his ways I'll see you next time bye