Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
March 19, 2023: SOAP #4854: Joshua 3-6; 1Corinthians 4

SCRIPTURE:  Joshua (NIV) 3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, “This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.”

OBSERVATION:  What a change! Moses had led them out of Egypt and for forty years in the wilderness.  He was gone.  There was a new leader!   A new leader, but the same God!   Joshua was not Moses, but God was still God!!! 

It is good to note that God’s word to Joshua was that God would take the responsibility of proving that He would be continuing with Joshua as He had been with Moses!   Reading on in the book of Joshua, shows us how God did just that! 

APPLICATION: A few children who started riding my bus 13 years ago graduated last year.  Teachers changed each year, but their bus driver remained the same.  School buildings changed in middle and high school, but their bus driver remained the same.  Longevity has benefits for the students…and for the bus driver. 

Longevity as a Christian is good for homes and churches.  BUT time always come for change.  It is in the times of change that we must have confidence in a God who never changes.  He continues, faithfully the same through the change. 

If I remain calm, trusting God in through the confusion of the change, God, Himself, will prove that He remains the same after the change as He was before! 

PRAYER:   Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) The changes I experience do not change you!  You will be the same when the change is through. My heart rejoices in your faithfulness. Amen.

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