On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
O sun, stand still over Gibeon
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon
So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a man. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!
So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
From Joshua 10-11 NIV
God had a plan for Israel. God has a plan for us. When one thinks of a day; a special day, a day never before seen and never again will be seen; one needs to think of the day where one man, one perfect man, God-in the form of Jesus Christ; performed an efficient, effective, complete, whole redemption of us from our sin by his death on the cross on Good Friday. It is by his death and his victory over death that we, like the land can find rest.
Do you realize the pain that Jesus suffered? A new word was coined for the pain...excruciating pain. Literally pain from the cross.
How do you thank God daily for his work for you?
Do you realize that if you were the only human on this planet, He would have done it just for you?
Pray for us on our lenten journey to grow and to learn and to see God.
In Christ,
David P
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