DCLM Daily Manna 12 April 2022
KEY VERSE: “And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.” – (Joshua 18:2)
TEXT: Joshua 18:1-12 (KJV)
18 And the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the Israelites seven tribes who had not yet divided their inheritance.
3 Joshua asked the Israelites, How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4 Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them to go through the land and write a description of it according to their [tribal] inheritances; then they shall return to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph shall remain in its territory on the north.
6 You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
7 But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged them saying, Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there [he] divided the land to the Israelites, to each [tribe] his portion.
11 And the lot of the Benjamites came up according to their families; and the territory of their lot fell between the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
12 On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan; then it went up to the shoulder of Jericho on the north and up through the hill country westward and ended at the Beth-aven wilderness.
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William Bathurst once said, “O for a faith that will not shrink, though pressed by every foe. That will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain. Beneath the chastening rod, but, in the hour of grief or pain, will lean upon his God. A faith that shines more bright and clear when the tempest rage without. That when in danger, knows no fear, in darkness, feels no doubt”.
Israel’s faith was put to a test, especially that of the seven tribes yet to receive their inheritance. Although the Promised Land, in principle, was said to be ‘subdued’, it was yet to be possessed physically. Joshua, the new captain of the host kept the hope of the congregation alive. He sent chosen men to go into the land and divide it by faith among the seven tribes. He cast lots (a system of determining God’s will throughout the Old Testament) to know God’s mind before the final allocation.
Israel has waited for the promise made to their fathers centuries ago to be fulfilled. The congregation was united in hope even though the temptation was there among those yet to inherit their portions to become impatient. The decision made by the leadership to have the fighting men of the tribes already settled on the other side of Jordan, fight alongside those yet to be settled, until every tribe receives their inheritance, no doubt helped matters.
Joshua’s challenge to the other seven tribes teaches us that God will not play your part for you. Whatever our needs are, He has made adequate and unfailing provisions for us. While in expectation, we must move by faith to play our own part to fully appropriate our inheritance.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Faith sees results while still waiting.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 72-77
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Daily Manna 12 April 2022
