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Day 11

MINI MO

[Scheduled Reading: Joshua 1-21]

Joshua was a cool cat. Sort of a cross between Moses and King David.

I heard a Bible teacher once refer to Joshua as “Mini Mo” (for little Moses). Joshua was successor to Moses and took the Israelites into the promised land. He was also a fierce warrior - like King David who came along later.

One of the most effective leadership transitions in the Old Testament has to be the one between Moses and Joshua. Maybe because both men understood the importance of God’s Word.

You just read in Deuteronomy 31, where Moses commissioned Joshua and instructed the Israelites to read the entire law publicly at the end of every seven years (verse 10-13).

Sure enough, some time later Joshua read the entire law to a public assembly, including the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners(Joshua 8:35).

Joshua was very mindful to make sure the people passed the knowledge of God to the next generation (Joshua 4:6,21).

Near the end of his lifetime, Joshua made his famous public stand: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.(24:15).

Then something interesting happens.

Joshua wrote these words in the Books of the Law of God(24:26). And what words might these be? The very words we’re reading in Joshua. It’s his book. His writing became part of the canonized scriptures we’re reading today.

Very few Old Testament leaders share the legacy of Joshua. Scriptures say Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who out-lived Joshua and had known all the work that the Lord did for Israel(24:31).

I’m inspired to be like Mini Mo. 

To treasure God’s Word. To read it publicly in my home. And to pass down the knowledge of God to the next generation in my home.