Trust God Always

 Hebrews 10     Psalm 8     Joshua 13-14

Hebrews shows the difference between the forgiveness offered through sacrifice in the law and that offered by Jesus. The grace of God through Jesus takes away the sin and provides a way to a new way of life. Jesus us offers the perfect sacrifice so that it might be complete when we confess our sin and Jesus takes it away. We have the full assurance of faith. It is also clear those that have been become aware of their sin, failed to repent or turned back to their sinful ways will receive the full fury of God. It describes the experience of falling into the hand of the living God as a terrifying experience. When we endure because we do the will of God, we need not fear anything.

The song today reminds us of the majestic power of God worthy of our praise. God has displayed his handiwork not only on the earth but in the heavens above. When we think of ourselves in relationship to the complete creation of God compared to the stars and moon, we are insignificant in creation. However, God has places us just little below him and offered us rule over the earth. We have so much to praise God for not because of what we have done but what he has offered to us.

As Joshua begins to divide the promised land among the tribes of Israel, he apportions the land according to the word of the Lord. The tribe of Levi is not given land but will be supported by the offerings to the Lord. The promise to Caleb is also fulfilled as he and Joshua were faithful and put their trust in God when all the others dissuaded the people from entering the promised land 45 years before.

Today we are reminded that God is faithful and fulfills his promises and holds us accountable for our obedience to his ways. We have so much to praise God for and yet like those that have gone before us we often only seem to see what we want or need. God is always worthy of our praise.