Reading: Joshua 19
“…distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord, at the
entrance of the house of meeting.” Joshua 19:51
Before the Lord, at His tent of meeting, the lots were
drawn. Some were tribe general and some were tribe specific. Judah had a higher
portion but as the share was too big for them, the tribe of Simeon “obtained an inheritance within their
inheritance.”
And by the Lord’s command Joshua was given a town, which he
chose, in the hill country of Ephraim, and then he rebuilt and settled there.
The tribe of Danites lost their territory and so fought
against Leshom to take possession there. And there they settled in. None of
these lots were wrapped up in a completed package. Each required a choice to
settle the land. Their inheritance needed to become a lived in experience.
We also have received from the Lord an inheritance, actually
a double heritage, to be lived within another’s inheritance. We receive our
physical inheritance into a life of cultural heritage and family, and we
receive our gift of spiritual heritage by Jesus’ cross of sacrifice. Each
individual’s gifts and talents and boundaries unique and yet a portion of His
whole. If we accept them.
With choices for each distribution how much we are to settle
in and build, or resist and rebel.
Jesus is present. His door of meeting is always open. Are we
living in the lot He has given or seeking a different portion? Does our faith
continue to grow and expand with new opportunities?
Psalm of Worship: Psalm 139: 10, 16
“Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand
shall hold me fast.”
“Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were
written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet
existed.”
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