Today, I am reading and commenting on  Joshua 8-9.

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Today’s passage begins with God once more telling Joshua not to fear and not to be dismayed, just as He had when He first commissioned Joshua to lead Israel.  In order to fully understand the lesson which my title highlights from this passage, that we should seek God’s guidance for decisions even when the answer seems obvious, we need to remember the passage about what came before today’s passage.  We need to remember what happened the first time the Israelites attacked Ai.  The first time the Israelites attacked Ai, Joshua had sent out scouts to scout it out.  The scouts returned with a report that a small portion of the Israelite army could conquer Ai.  So, Joshua sent only a small force against Ai, and they were soundly defeated.  It was only after that defeat that Joshua and the leaders of Israel sought God’s guidance and thus learned of Achan’s sin.  Despite this lesson, the leaders of Israel did not seek God’s counsel when the delegation from Gibeon came to them seeking an alliance.  The leaders of Israel had trusted their ability to judge the vulnerability of Ai, not realizing that God had something He wanted them to deal with first.  Then, when the envoys from Gibeon arrived, they trusted their judgement in deciding whether or not to make a treaty with the people of Gibeon.  We must not make the same mistake.  We should seek God’s guidance for every decision we make, no matter how sure we are about the correct choice.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.