Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal
an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel,
as Moses … commanded the Israelites,
as it is written in the book of the law of Moses,
on which no iron tool has been used"
Joshua 8:30-31
What does Joshua building this altar for us mean – especially as we learn to discern the voice of God?”
- Whenever there’s a victory, the proper human response is to worship.
- True worship is always done in obedience. In Exodus 20:25, God commanded Israel to use uncut stones for their altars. You might think it wiser – or more beautiful – to use stone that’s been shaped and cut, but plain simple obedience is always better than whatever we can think up.
- God’s view of right and wrong in this world differs from ours. For example, why did God say “no cut, hewn, or dressed stones” in specific altars built to him? An uncut stone is a stone as God made it. A dressed stone is a stone with our version of an improvement upon it. Maybe God doesn’t see all of our “improvements” as improvements after all.
Could it be that there are things in your life that you view as simple and plain … but God views as simple obedience.
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who’s finally realizing
that “improving” is really
more effort than obeying
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