All the good promises…

I have always loved the book of Joshua. I love the drama, the leadership challenges, the conquest and the characters.

The book contains some very straight talk from God to Joshua, when the Lord tells him, “You are old and advanced in years….”, but even then God follows up with a challenge. God recognizes Joshua’s limitations but then says “…and here’s what we’re going to do.”

The book also includes a feisty 85 year old, Caleb, who asks for an especially hard assignment because he insists he’s as strong as he was forty years earlier.

In 24 short chapters, so many of God’s promises come to fruition. It’s as if the windows of heaven open and God delivers. In fact, near the end of the book it says:

Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

If you didn’t know about the straight talk, or you skipped the 85 year old warrior asking for the hill country, you might read this verse and think that it happened easily. Nothing could be further from the truth. The story contains real battles with real casualties. People bled and cried and fought for these promises but when it was over, the promises were fulfilled.

God has promises and hill country for all of us and will not leave any promises left undone. He’s looking for those who will fight for them so He has a people worthy of stewarding the good land. Whatever your good promises are, determine in your heart today not to give up the fight.

Our yes to His call, coupled with His hand on our lives, is the path to our full inheritance.