Seize the Moment – Day 687
Fulfill your Responsibilities!
Procrastination is not the best strategy to getting a job done! Do you struggle with putting off a job because it requires time, energy, or money to get it accomplished? Is there a promise you need to keep or a responsibility you need to fulfill, but keep putting it off?
Caleb is facing giants while the tribe of Judah settles its allotment of land. The two tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim are mustering up the courage to deal with the Canaanites and their chariots of iron. With the two and a half tribes settling on the east side of the Jordan River, there are seven tribes left to settle the Promised Land. We will watch them do so in Joshua 18 and 19, with Joshua 18:1-3 setting the stage:
Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance. So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Joshua knew that every day these seven tribes delayed in occupying the land, the people of the land would fortify their cities and prepare their defenses. As a military leader, his people’s procrastination was slowly spelling disaster for all of them. As a spiritual leader, Joshua knew the people’s procrastination was nothing short of disobedience to God. He had to act immediately to motivate a recalcitrant people to fulfill their responsibilities to God and to one another. God’s promises call His people to action!
Seize the moment and fulfill your responsibilities! You will feel better, everyone around you will be blessed by your faithfulness, and God will be glorified.
God bless you!