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Joshua chapter 12, verse 7.

And these are the kings of the land

whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan,

from Beilgad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak that rises towards Sear, and Joshua gave their

land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments.

And then what happens in verses 8 down all the way to verse 24 is we have a list of 31 kings who were given into Joshua and Israel's hand.

And I use that language intentionally.

They were given into Joshua and the people of Israel's hands.

Given by who?

By God. God gave them victory after victory after victory in the land he had promised to bring them into. Because Joshua and the people

of God trusted God. This is the people of God trusted God.

This is the picture of the way grace works, the way God's power works on behalf of his people

by faith, by trusting God.

That was the problem back in Numbers 13 and 14.

God's people didn't trust him to give them the promised land,

and as a result, they did not receive the promised land. An entire generation died, and now

this generation is receiving the promised land. Why? By faith, not because of their military

might, not because of their ingenuity, but because they were trusting God and obeying God and doing what God had called them to do. Joshua believed God. He was strong and courageous in faith, and 31 kings were given into his hand. And I read that and I just think, God, I want to live by faith. I want to trust you

to give abundantly, generously, beyond what I can even ask or imagine to use language from

Ephesians chapter 3 and to encourage us to do the same, to walk by faith, to trust in God day after day after

day and to ask extravagantly from him according to His Word.

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