Help.

This morning I decided that I wanted to read through the 12 historical books in the bible, just for fun. I started of with Joshua and of course, right away, I needed to write a couple of notes. Here they are: 




It is easy to enjoy the promises/blessings of God, but sometimes it our duty to help out bothers before we can rest. 

Joshua 1:13-15:

¹³ “Remember the command that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you after he said, ‘TheLord your God will give you rest by giving you this land.’ ¹⁴ Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them¹⁵ until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

In Numbers 32 we find the the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh asked Moses to allow them to posses the land on the other side of the Jordan, before crossing to the promise land. They saw this land fit for their livestock and great to build cities for their little ones. Moses' answer was short and yet powerful in Num. 32: 6, "Shall your brethren go to war and you just sit here?". 

Often we find ourselves in situations that are comfortable, ideal, "just right", and we delight in the blessings of God (as we should). Yet, many times we have people around us getting ready to fight a war, getting ready to drive the enemy out of what's theirs and we "just sit here" because that battle doesn't belong to us...we don't want what they're fighting for so it's easier to stay comfortable. And sometimes we even watch. 

I love the answer they give to Moses which is found in Num. 32: 17-18:
¹⁷ but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁸ We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance.

It is a given that we can't fight everyone's battles, but sometimes God calls us to be armed and ready to help our brothers and sisters out in their battles. "We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance"...how many times have we "returned to our homes" and watched others around us lose their inheritance? This is my goal for the rest of the year: that I may help my brothers and sisters fight their battles when God calls me to; to learn that although it is easy to get caught up in the comfortable life, someone out their is waiting for my help.