01- 12- 11 MI DAILY DEVOTION (Hebrews 11:6)
GOD IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF FAITH
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Joshua chapters 10 and 11 demonstrate a good picture of faith in God. There’s no other object of faith but God. Faith in faith is not the object of our faith, but God is. You cannot have faith in something but in God. When Joshua put his trust in God, he did not have faith in faith, but faith in God who promised him. And just to give us a little background of the events and a brief story on how Joshua ends up fighting with the multitude. In verse 1, Jabin king of Hazor heard about the victory of Joshua against his enemies as according to chapter ten. It is very clear that Joshua was celebrating his victory over the 3 kings in (Joshua 10:39) “And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.” And because of what he did to those kings, another king tried to step out against Joshua and the children of Israel. Joshua’s faith in God comes along with his obedience to God’s Word and commands. I believe that the heart of the passages from the Bible verses are the Lord’s instructions and the Lord’s promised in which He fulfilled when Joshua obeyed by faith. (Joshua 11:6- 9) 6- “And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7- So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. 8- And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.”
It’s so easy for us Christians to be driven away by our emotion, intellectual ideas and selfish motives, when we can just lay everything down in the feet of Jesus at the throne of grace. May we all have the same spirit like the Israelites of old when they said to Joshua in (Joshua 1:16) “All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.” The Lord said to Joshua; “Be not afraid…” so Joshua went and fought against the enemies of God and the Lord delivered them. Faith in God does not just work like a vending machine where you drop some coins, you make a selection, push the buttons and what you want or what you choose will just drop down for you to pick up. Faith in God is more of a God working in you through the Holy Spirit, you response according to His will and according to His Word and you obey His voice. You really have to believe that God knows what He is doing and He knows what lies ahead and God knows our future. Let me give you one of my definitions of faith; “Faith is dropping everything from off your hands and your life and entrusting them to God, knowing that
He is in control. “ Notice what Paul said in (Romans 10:17) “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
