“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
JOSHUA 11-13
18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time. 19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle. 20For it was of the LORD to hardend their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.(11:18-20)
LUKE 4:1-32
14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.
JOURNAL
Again the intent and mission of Joshua can not be mistaken...Destroy every Kingdom. In this one chapter we see Jesus directed into the desert where he stays for 40 days and successfully resists temptation from Satan. Jesus then heads to Galille where all seems to be falling into place...he is making a good name for his family and people are amazed at his intellect and teaching. Well it's all about to turn, in a few verses they are ready to push him off a cliff. What a clear picture of our lives...one day all is well and the next it seems on the brink of disaster. What can I learn from this? That the only truly safe place is in obedience to God. As far as the world goes it may mean good favor from the world or it may mean scorn, ridicule and death. What I receive from the world should not be my motivation. My circumstance can never be my measure.
But daily, moment by moment living from the core of love with the intent on giving that love to all those I encounter is really the way through. It seems that more days I live, the more I realize that living from the center of God's love for me and giving that love away...is really all that truly matters. The only true peace comes from living from a heart that has been transformed by God's love. My existence today is a miracle, so are the 8 billion other souls that walk the planet. Truly processing that and soaking in the magnitude of this grace is transformative. Every single moment of every single day is an astounding gift of love and grace.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
GALATIANS 5:22-26
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