10/28/2009 9:11 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The assignments made at Shiloh
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Joshua 18:1-19:51
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel
assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the
tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
“2 ¶ There remained among the sons of Israel seven
tribes who had not divided their inheritance. 3
So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "How long will you put
off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your
fathers, has given you? 4 "Provide
for yourselves three men from each tribe that I may send them, and that they
may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to
their inheritance; then they shall return to me. 5 "They shall divide it into seven
portions; Judah
shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in
their territory on the north. 6
"You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the
description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7 "For the Levites have no portion
among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and
Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance
eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave
them." 8 Then the men arose and
went, and Joshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying,
"Go and walk through the land and describe it, and return to me; then I
will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh."
9 So the men went and passed through the
land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to
Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh
before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel
according to their divisions.”
Deuteronomy
12:5-7 says that God will select a place for the tabernacle to be placed once Israel
is in the land: “5 ¶ "But you shall seek the LORD at the
place which the LORD your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish
His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come. 6 "There you shall bring your burnt offerings,
your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive
offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your
flock. 7 "There also you and your
households shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all your
undertakings in which the LORD your God has blessed you.” As I read in verse one of chapter eighteen of
Joshua it says that the sons of Israel
went to Shiloh and it was there that they set
up the tabernacle. The tabernacle would
remain there until David moved it to Jerusalem
as recorded in 2 Samuel six, however it was taken by the Philistines for a
short time and then they returned it because of all the destruction God did
because they had stolen it.
In the
first portion of this chapter Joshua is very upset with the other seven tribes
that did not claim their inheritance and then he tells them to take three men
from each of these remaining tribes to go out and take inventory of the
remaining land with it’s cities and then they are to return to him and then
lots would be cast before the Lord to determine which tribe would get which
land. The remaining portion of chapter
eighteen and all of chapter eighteen give a description of the lands given to
the remaining tribes. Benjamin, being
the brother of Joseph his territory was assigned adjacent to Ephraim and
Manasseh as described in chapter eighteen verses eleven through twenty-eight Simeon shared his inheritance with Judah as
described in 19:1-9 and this was prophesied in Genesis 49:5-7 by Jacob: “5 ¶
"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of
violence. 6 "Let my soul not enter
into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in
their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. 7 "Cursed be their anger, for it is
fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And
scatter them in Israel.” This also describes why Levi would not get an
inheritance like the other tribes.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I want to be like Judah and Caleb and by
faith claim my inheritance that I have in the Lord by faith and not be like the
seven tribes that Joshua had to condemn for not claiming their inheritance that
the Lord had already given them.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Listen to the first three chapters of Ephesians to be reminded what my inheritance is in Christ.
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Praise the Lord that my eyes are better than they were before.
- Put on the spiritual armor and use it today to be protected by the Lord: The belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.
10/28/2009 9:44 AM
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