{"id":224,"date":"2009-07-03T00:18:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/?p=224"},"modified":"2009-07-03T00:18:55","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T13:18:55","slug":"you-shall-meditate-in-it-day-and-night-joshua-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/you-shall-meditate-in-it-day-and-night-joshua-1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"You shall meditate in it day and night&#8230; Joshua 1-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua takes the reins for the final stages of the journey from Egypt to the promised land.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t wait long. Three days after Moses dies, the Lord tells him to get ready for the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Spies are sent into Jericho to suss out the place, and they encounter the harlot Rahab, who saves them from the king of Jericho&#8217;s soldiers in return for the safety of her family&#8230; &#8220;for all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.&#8221; So that the Israelite army will know her, she is to tie a scarlet rope at her window.<\/p>\n<p>The spies get back to Acacia Grove safely, and so the Israelites plan to set out, following the priests and the ark of the covenant.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua tells the priests to proceed into the Jordan River with the ark, and the river stops and builds up in a heap upstream. The Israelites take 12 stones from the bottom of the river to put in their camp on the other side, as a memorial to this latest in the Lord&#8217;s great acts to deliver them to the land he has promised.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God, Before Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised land, you told him to always remain true to your law there. You have given me so many blessings that I live in a different kind of promised land, albeit in the midst of much sin and sadness. Please help me to be true to your law, to meditate in it day and night, the greatest of which is to love you with my whole heart and others more than myself. In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua takes the reins for the final stages of the journey from Egypt to the promised land. He doesn&#8217;t wait long. Three days after Moses dies, the Lord tells him to get ready for the journey. 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