"Every One Was Fulfilled"

I hope you made it all the way through to the end of today's reading, since it's the last verse that got my attention. As a reminder, if you click on the Map link on the right side of the page, you can reference a map I placed there about a week or so ago that shows the allotments of the Promised Land by tribe.

The verse is Joshua 21:45, which states "Not one of all the Lord's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled." I've written in the past how unique God is among the various gods established throughout history in that he told what was going to happen, whereas false gods were used as after-the-fact explanations for events. God told the people of Israel:

1. That they would conquer Canaan

2. How they were going to do it

3. What would happen if they didn't  follow his instructions to the letter

All these things he prophesied, which should have been all the comfort the people needed. After all, he told them what was going to happen, and then like Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," made it so. Has anything changed in the intervening 3,500 years? Have any of God's promises to us failed? When times are tough and circumstances are trying, always keep this verse in mind. Just like the Lord himself, this verse was true then, remains true today, and will remain true forever.

Scott