How Long?

4/4/2015

So Joshua said to the people of Israel,
"How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land,
which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Joshua 18:3

It was time to enjoy the inheritance God gave them, but some of the people were happy to wander around like they had done for years and not enjoy what God had given them. A few words come to mind.
Purposeless.
Procrastinating.
Self seeking.
Lazy.
Neglectful.
Stupid… really stupid.
The text doesn’t explain why they hadn’t taken their possession.
They just didn’t. Joshua rebuked them.

How long before you and I enjoy what God has for us? How long? We need to stop putting it off. Stop being satisfied where we have wandered for years. This will take spiritual discipline. It takes labor, work, effort. We have to get up and get to work for God. When we do there is enjoyment ahead. Why settle for the passing pleasures of sin?

This reminded me of the prophet Elijah calling the people of Israel to task later by saying,

"How long will you go limping between two different opinions?
If the LORD is God, follow him;
but if Baal, then follow him."
And the people did not answer him a word.
1 Kings 18:21

How long? If the Lord is God, follow Him!

Therefore, my beloved brothers,
be steadfast,
immovable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58

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