02/26/2023
Context is Important!
It is always nice to read an inspiring piece of Scripture. It can warm our hearts and encourage us. More often than not, it can serve as a call to action. Consider Joshua 1:9,
“Have I not commanded you? Chazak! Be strong! Do not be terrified or dismayed, for Adonai your God is with you wherever you go.” (TLV)
The sentiment is wonderful and the words give us encouragement and hope. But if we read the context around this, a call to action emerges;
“Chazak! Be strong! For you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be very strong, and resolute to observe diligently the Torah which Moses, My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so you may be successful wherever you go. This book of the Torah should not depart from your mouth—you are to meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will make your ways prosperous and then you will be successful. Have I not commanded you? Chazak! Be strong! Do not be terrified or dismayed, for Adonai your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:6-9 (TLV)
In this we understand that while YHWH’s grace is unconditional through the work of Yeshua- He has called us and made a way to restore us to his presence in covenant as promised after the fall in Eden- He has also given us His “instructions” or Torah a a means to maintain covenant faithfulness. With this added context we go from simply inspired to equipped for our call to action!
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