Day 16: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Day 16: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Today’s reading:
Joshua 1:1- 14:15

A thought or two:
I chapter 9 we see Israel fall for a trick that put them in a situation where they made a treaty with someone they were not supposed to. In essence they made an alliance with the Gibeonites and that alliance was a sin against the command God gave them not to make alliances with people from the land, but because Israel believed they were not of the land Canaan they believed they were okay to make the alliance.

In verse 14 it says, “The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord”. The fact that this passage is included tells me that if they had inquired of the Lord, He would have offered them guidance. They may have had good intentions of making peace with someone they thought they did not have to fight, but it was all a deception.

How many times to we take decisions into our own hands without seeking the Lord. Even when our decisions are made with good intentions, sometimes they can be faulty decisions because we don’t see as far down the road as God does! Seek his will in all matters.

Tomorrow’s reading:
Joshua 15:1-Judges 3:27