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God’s Provision is all We Need

By July 24, 2013No Comments

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. Joshua 17:14-15 KJV

The problem for the tribes of Joseph was not that their lot of land was too small. The allotments were not given by chance, or the whim of Joshua, but the will of God, and the Lord had given to them all they needed. The problem was they were not willing to do what was needed to take possession of it. There were trees to be cleared and enemies to be defeated. That is a point that we must often grapple with. We sometimes complain about what we have or don’t have. Usually that is not the problem at all. Usually, like the tribes of Joseph, we have failed to take possession of all that God has given to us. Joshua instructed the tribes of Joseph to claim their inheritance that is what we must do as well.

Lord, I often complain about what I do not have. Forgive me. It is a mark of ingratitude when You have given so much. Help me to see all that You have given and by faith to take possession of it that I might enjoy Your full blessing.

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