Look Forward

Joshua 16

In the house I grew up with my parents I had my own room and my sister had her own room. We all lived under the same house but we had our own rooms to sleep in and even decorate a little in how we wanted it to look. In this section of Scripture the different tribes of Israel are being assigned the different locations in the new land. Conquest has taken place and now it is time to get settled. In chapters 15 through 21 we see the different tribes receiving their inheritance. Just like a house with the different rooms, the tribes have their assigned places but also have freedom to enter into the other locations.

The tribes of Joseph would be the ones that have come from his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. This area for the two tribes were the hill country, north of where Benjamin and Dan and south of the Jezreel Valley. It is nice to know that the wilderness experience has come to an end and every tribe will have its place. Those 40 years are gone for Israel and now they look forward to the future.

We may still be in a wilderness setting in this life but one day it will end, either we will die or Jesus will come for the believers before the end times. We will have a great inheritance one day and that is being in the presence of the Lord. We are going to have our place and be able to have true rest/ As Paul told the Philippians that he forgets the past and looks forward to what lies ahead of him (Phil 3:13) We too need to forget what our past is and look forward to the inheritance that we have in Christ Jesus.