Joshua 18:1-10

hey hey good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions you want some coffee no coffee okay that's fine all right so this morning we are at Joshua chapter 18 the first 10 verses we're going to talk about uh the so Judas got their land Manasses Manasseh Ephraim and Reuben have their land there's still a whole bunch of other tribes what about them so that's what we start getting into this time so let's have some coffee we'll pray and we'll get into God's word do you want some black gold no okay all right let's pray father we thank you so much for this day thank you for the blessing that we get to spend time in your word together please help us Lord to read and understand in Jesus's name amen here we go Joshua chapter 18 why don't I read verses 1 and two you can read three through 7 and then I'll read 8 9 and 10 okay mhm all right now the whole Congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle of meeting there and the land was subdued before them but there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance verse three de sorry then Joshua said to the children of Israel how long will you neglect to go and possess the L the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you pick out from among you three men for each tribe and I will send them and they shall rise and go throughout the land survey it according to their inheritance and come back to me and they shall divide it into seven Parts Judah shall remain in their territory on the south and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the North you shall therefore survey the land in in seven parts and bring the survey here to me that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord Our God but the Levites have no part among you for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance and Gad Ruben and half the tribe of Manasseh had have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the East which Moses the servant of the lord gave to them all right and then the last three verses here then the men arose to go away and Joshua charged those who went to survey the land saying go walk through the land and Survey it and come back to me that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh so the men went passed through the land and wrote the survey in a book in seven Parts by cities and they came to Joshua in the camp at the camp in Shiloh then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and there Joshua divid divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions so let's go ahead I'm going to pull up the picture here so we can see what we're talking about so uh you have the other seven and a half Tri or seven tribes they show up and they're like hey yo dude Joshua where's our land right there they they' Ruben's got theirs Gad has his manasse is on both sides ephraim's got theirs what about the rest of them right they set up the Tabernacle in Shiloh so they've set up the Tabernacle in Shiloh and Joshua's there wait what's the Tabernacle the uh mobile tent okay so yeah most mobile Temple right mobile Temple right so the tent that's uh well who's supposed to be represented as living in that tent uh God so why is it matter that it's a mobile Temple tent thing it's they're moving around a lot okay but now are they moving around a lot nope so now it's kind of got like a semi-permanent home in Shiloh yeah this is kind of like the capital right so it's a temporary capital because a little bit later we're going to have David who sets up Jerusalem to be the mount where it's going to be uh but and by the way the Shiloh has been archaeologically uncovered now right so uh people can go look that up online but so where should I it's not actually shown on this map uh and so uh you have uh every city county state country has a capital M right what's the we live in De Moine County what's the county seat what's the capital of our County if we need to go to a courthouse in our County where do we go to the mo nope we go to Burlington but in our state in Iowa where's our Iowa City nope not Iowa City that's the old capital it got moved to De Moine yeah and in the in our nation where's the capital in our nation um Washington DC Washington DC and who lives in Washington DC the president the president as well as all of our right the Supreme Court Justices senators and congressmen right so they're there's a capital and that's where the leaders go in Shiloh who's the leader Moses Moses is dead Joshua Joshua Joshua so Joshua is like the King right no that's why the Tabernacle is there for Joshua no or God oh so who's the ruler God who's the judge God who's the king God that's right who's the lawgiver God God right in this economy okay so they go to sh because Joshua is speaking for the Lord but very clear to them that this is the Lord's doing so they come come to Shiloh and uh Joshua says hey hey hold on hold on the south judah's got their land manasseh's got their land now there's going to be the borderline right between Judah and the other tribes you all get everything North right y'all got everything North and so now go survey the land what does that mean to survey the land look at it look at it right make maps figure out this line to this line This City to this city come back here and and uh I will cast lots right so they to get lots for the Jerusalem's in uh it's kind of like on the borderline yeah so it's mentioned both in Benjamin's land and in judah's but uh what we read in a previous section was that the jebusites would still live in in Jerusalem and they had not been able to displace them until finally King David does it so uh okay so so that's right there's there's you guys got to go do that and so this sets up what's going to happen in the next chapter and a half or two of dividing the land amongst the seven tribes right so they've got land they've got to take so that's what this whole section is abouto that was a lot so put it in one sentence for me what's this about the land okay so it's talking about the land good uh so it's talking about the land and The Inheritance that God's going to give so what do you think is the best verse be best verse to summarize this section three okay you think verse three okay there three or four okay so it's oh no uh 10 three four or 10 okay which one girl 10 okay you want to say 10 now I'm going to pick up verse three as our C calling did you did you notice what it said in verse three they've been in the land a while now what does Joshua ask them how long won't you will you not um get your inherit yeah right get your act together boys how long's it going to take you to go to war and go get the land we see that there's almost like this hesitancy isn't there it's like they've gone part way but are they finishing the work nope is it really easy to leave things half done oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah sometimes do we struggle with that with our work MH sometimes do we struggle with that with our own lives with our like Holiness MH yeah yeah I'm not trying to put a guil trip on you or anybody else but it's really easy for me to do this with like Bible reading plans or like I have good intentions like I'm going to journal every day this year like I'm going to pray every single day and then as the days and weeks and months go on what does what sometimes is tempting to happen um just be like yeah yeah it's really easy to let our zeal grow cold isn't it I think that's why God tells us do not grow weary of doing good I don't don't don't we talked about this this morning right in the book of Hebrews do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together as is the manner of some right some people have good intentions like I want to be a Christian I want to go to church I want to be part of the assembly and then their Zeal kind of right but we need to stir each other up to loveing Good Deeds we need to say Deborah don't give up right this is Joshua saying you got the inheritance guys don't neglect it go go get it it's good for us to do that with each other isn't it it's good for you to say Daddy don't give up on being patient with me don't be a jerk love me please right we need that we need other people to help us encourage us because I think naturally it's easy for us to become kind of me isn't it so I need your help you need my help we definitely need mom's help we need each other and we need to be pursuing but you think there was one person who never needed that type of encouragement or help Jesus Jesus I can only think of one time where it was hard for Jesus it seems to do his father's will on the cross well just before the cross wasn't it if there's any way possible Lord let this cup pass from me and yet did he give up nope no thanks be to God you ready to pray all right Lord we pray that you would please lift us up when we grow tired please let us not grow weary please let us not not forsake you please Lord let us chase after your promises let us pursue Holiness let us love one another fervently God it's easy you know we're able to run out of steam but father you you God are the one who can strengthen us so please Lord do it in Jesus's name amen well may you look to the author and perfector of your faith Jesus Christ and may you run the race with perseverance that set before you walk worthy of the calling you have in Christ Jesus bye bye