Scripture Union Daily Guide 30 August 2024 For Today’s Devotional (Tuesday) Topic is Obtaining Our Inheritance
TOPIC: Obtaining Our Inheritance (Daily Guide for Today 30 August 2024 Friday Daily Devotional)
OPENING PRAYER:
Dear Lord, I request that you help me to encounter you as I meditate on your word.
Before you continue Study Yesterday’s Devotional: Scripture Union Daily Guide 27 August 2024: Walking and Working with God
SCRIPTURE: JOSHUA 14:1-15:19
14 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.
10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15:1-19
15 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
Question(s) for Reflection
* Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
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Scripture Union Daily Guide 30 August 2024 Message:
Allotment of the conquered land west of Jordan to the remaining nine and half tribes of Israel continued. Comment on the method used in sharing the land in vs.1-2 and why (cf. Act 6:5)? Election and assigning of duties in the Christian family must be done in transparency and fairness to eliminate any murmurings.
Also, in chapter 14:3-15 and chapter 15:1-19, we can see that allotments were made with clearly spelt out boundaries, resulting in a good legal title document. Some people acquire land or similar property without a sound title document to secure such acquisitions against internal and external trespassers.
In 14:9, Caleb’s exceptional allotment is given primarily because of his wholehearted commitment to the Lord (see Numbers 13:1-14:25). Faithfulness is profitable. Caleb’s demand for land points to the nature of the covenant with God. He was granted the right to the land in the first place because of his faithfulness (vs.7-9) but now he must drive out the mighty Anakims and put his faith to action (14:12).
He promptly did that and possessed his inheritance (15:13-17). These enemies are the same giants who instilled fear in the hearts of the ten spies and caused all, except Joshua and Caleb, to perish in the wilderness (see Hebrews 3:14-19).
For Further Study
For further reading: Joshua 15:20-63.
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
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Daily Guide Devotional For Today 30th August 2024 (Friday) Anthem
O Lord of heav’n and earth and sea
1 O Lord of Heav’n and earth and sea,
To Thee all praise and glory be;
How shall we show our love to Thee,
Giver of all?
2 The golden sunshine, vernal air,
Sweet flowers and fruits Thy love declare;
Where harvests ripen, Thou art there,
Giver of all!
3 For peaceful homes, and healthful days,
For all the blessings Earth displays,
We owe Thee thankfulness and praise,
Giver of all!
4 Thou didst not spare Thine only Son,
But gav’st Him for a world undone,
And e’en that gift Thou dost outrun,
And give us all.
5 Thou giv’st the Spirit’s blessèd dower,
Spirit of life, and love, and power,
And dost His sev’nfold graces shower
Upon us all.
6 For souls redeemed, for sins forgiv’n,
For means of grace and hopes of Heav’n,
What can to Thee, O Lord, be giv’n,
Who givest all?
7 We lose what on ourselves we spend;
We have as treasure without end
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,
Who givest all.
8 Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee,
Repaid a thousandfold will be;
Then gladly will we give to Thee,
Giver of all.
9 To Thee, from whom we all derive
Our life, our gifts, our power to give;
O may we ever with Thee live,
Giver of all!
Closing Prayer
Lord, help me to remain faithful to you so I may secure my eternal inheritance in you.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Jeremiah 1:7
“But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.”
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 243- Ezekiel 16-17
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 30 AUGUST 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
NATIONAL DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYING
THE NATION AND THE CHURCH
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. Psalm 47:8
THANK GOD FOR:
‣ Preserving the nation and the church and for his power to overthrow all forces fighting against the word of God, Christians and Christianity.
PRAY FOR:
‣ All plans to strangulate our economy thus bringing about suffering for the citizens will fail.
‣ The National leaders will have divine encounters with God that will lead to their salvation or create his fear in them; that God’s counsel alone will stand.
‣ Revival in the Church and they will be burdened with passion for winning souls and discipling them.
‣ All our leaders at the National, Regional, Area, Zonal and Group levels; for divine direction, guidance, provision, protection and fulfillment in the work of the Ministry
‣ God to raise men to support the projects, programs and administrative work at all levels.
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