Making it mine

“The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and good.”

This text caught my attention because the Lord watches all our actions. This text expresses how he is omniscience, He has perfect knowledge about his creatures and things and nothing can be hidden from him. He sees the most distant and secret places in the world and has control over them (Lennox 2009). The Lord is the ruler of heaven and earth and therefore watches everything and everywhere at all times. This means that we should always feel safe and protected wherever we are and in whatever we do because he watches over us. Whenever you feel like doing that that is not according to his will we should also know that he is still watching however much we try to hide. This text is a clear indication that nothing can be done in secret before the Lord.

The significance of “Hall of Fame” is that it represented the works of faith. This is where weak people trusted in God to do mighty things for them (Hebrews 11). Their hope and trust were not as a result of performing their religious duties but from the promises of God to keep them and award them through the hardship they went through. It is through faith that they obeyed and trusted in God for his promises. They did not question God’s promises but obeyed his commands. Even in the time of their death they still trusted in God. They did not get to receive the things that they were promised but saw them from a distance but God kept the promise of preparing a city for them which is heaven. It is by faith that all these people were able to even bless their children before they died.

Joshua was obedient and had so much humility. He had so much respect for Moses as his servant and that is how he rose to become the greatest leader of Israel. He succeeded Moses and led the people of Israel into the Promised Land. Following his obedience, he was instructed by God to a battle in Jericho where the Israelites won the battle. Because of his obedience, God performed a miracle where he instructed the sun not to move for a whole day. This was to enable the Israelites to kill all their enemies (Joshua 1, 4). Under the leadership of Joshua who was obedient to God, the Israelites possessed the Promised Land. His confidence, loyalty, and faith in God made him have great accomplishments. When the Israelites got to the Promised Land, Joshua gave a portion of land to each of the twelve tribes.

 As a leader, being obedient, respectful, and loyal would be significant in leadership. Listening to the people above you is also important. It is important to be confident and believe in achieving our goals. Joshua was confident that they would reach the Promised Land and they did. Staying focused in life leads to great accomplishments. As a leader, one should be able to be accountable for everything like when the Israelites got to Canaan, Joshua gave each of the twelve tribes’ portions of land (Joshua 4). Good character, loyalty, obedience, respect is rewarded not only by people but even by God and these are things that I would emulate from Joshua.

Talking to God

Dear Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer

Listen to my prayer of thanksgiving and praise

Thanking you for the week ahead of me

Asking for protection

Hide me in the shadow of your wings 

Put in me a pure heart, O Lord and renew a faithful spirit in me

Guard my life throughout the week and grant me favor in all my endeavors

Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

The Bible. King James Version.

Lennox, S.J. (2009). God with us: An introduction to the Old Testament (2nd ed.). Marion, IN: Triangle Publishing