40 years to promised land
Joshua 10:12 & 14 says Joshua followed Moses for over 40 years. Here Moses is talking to the children of Israel to lead them to the promised land of Canaan where they will be freed from the slavery of Canaan and headed for the Promised Land of God.
Do you see any difference? The refuge of the children of Israel has to be here so that they can be with God when He returns to take them into the icons. For 40 years, Joshua had been following Moses and protected by Moses’ grace.
During Moses time, Israel was led out of Egyptian bondage into the wilderness of Canaan where they became the slaves of Bedros. Moses, however, was so discouraged by the darkness of the Promised Land that he opted to lead the children of Israel to a watery grave. You can read about this in the Book of Joshua and it states that the children of Israel never rose up and were buried in the bowls of Enough.

You see, the absence of the Promised Land, caused the people to sin against God and they lost their standing in His sight. It was because of the sin of the fathers, that the second Covenant was established. This caused the people to begin to sink deeper into the weeds of sin we do see today.
They sinned against the instructions of Moses and dug a grave to shamefully close their bodies and spirits. And they rose no higher because their spirit had been Modeged by the enemy and his spirit was still here to kill and destroy.
They were slaves and that is where they stood. slaves to a bad decision, slavery to an evil way of thinking, and slavery to an unfaithful God. In these times, the whipping post was not issuing edicts through the mesh and up surcestrains. It was common place to cast a steer or small animal. It was commonplace to slay the cow, and it was common place to sell the animal.
They were slaves to the ways of their hoofs, and as the whip was not issued through the mesh, it was common place to kill the cow and sell the animal. It happened over and over again and in the end, these people were left in a sea of blood thirsty with death.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai and brought talking Towishon, people ran away from him. He saw that there was nothing to gain by freeing the Israelites and he knew his life would be dramatically changed when his son, Joshua,12 followed Moses and his teachings and became a leader.10 And Joshua did what his father had said, fought the Canaanites, and totally destroyed them.
When Moses became old, he sold his generalship, qualities of his greatness, position, and position of the day and his people. He never realized that his own deeds made him an enemy in the LORDs eyes, he hardly realized that he had sinned.
For one full year, Moses held onto the tablets as the divine keepsake, in hope that one day, the exhibits would be withdrawal. Today, for every orally Moses taught, he had the information. Moses also held onto it when he was on the mountain for God and the Israelites to read it for themselves.
After kicking the goad out of his father-in-law’s servant who was trying to get him off the mountain, Moses went up the mountain and felled his staff on the rock below in mid-air worshipping.
Is this not how some of us handle our blessings? Some of us don’t kiss the glory that is God and live estranged from the blessing that is Jesus. Some of us don’t hold firmly to the word and principles that have made this nation great. Some of us don’t hold onto the past and let it keep God from being real in our lives and in our history.
Moses didn’t live loosely; he clung to God and the legacy he left and did not turn away from it.
Have you ever held onto your dream; a dream that is not in the Billions or the Johnas? Have you ever held onto your organs, your limbs; the images of your desires as if they will never come to pass? Have you ever held onto your mouth full of holes; wishing that your “next relationship” or your next promotion would come faster? Have you ever wished for a cure? Have you ever wished for your wishes to become a reality?
Have you ever wished for your life to become filled with joy? Have you ever wished for your life to be filled with peace? Have you ever wished for your life to be surrounded by God?
Yes, truly wishing for your life to be with God, it is God who gives us our desires. deny God nothing.
🔥 Eduard Fernando is Young Leader of Generation Yoel Community (GYC). Traveling is another passion for him, as well as eating good food, particularly when traveling. As well as preaching Christ from all Scripture, Eduard also has a passion for anything related to worship. 🏥
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