Prepare
Opening Prayer
Thank God for the opportunity to read the Bible in an understandable language and ask him for understanding and encouragement.
Read
Scripture Passage
Joshua 19:49-51
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Only after every tribe receives its inheritance does Israel give Joshua the city he requests. The leader goes last, patiently caring for those he leads before himself and providing an example of humble, servant-hearted leadership.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Joshua 19:49
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
The short recording does not announce a Best Verse. Verse 49 best represents Bryan's sole expositional emphasis: Israel finishes dividing every tribal inheritance before giving Joshua his own portion.
C — Called or Christ
C — Christ Connection
Lead by patiently caring for others before yourself rather than demanding the best first. Jesus is the supreme servant leader: although equal with God, he humbled himself, took a servant's form, and endured death on the cross to bring his people into God's presence.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
Well, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions where Ellie drinks all of her milk before we even start and I have coffee No, I have water because I already drink coffee with one of my buddies this morning. So I'm gonna have a coffee. No water No, did you already drink your water your milk? Yeah well today we're gonna talk about Joshua He gets some land What land does Joshua get?
I don't know. You don't even have the Bible up here. Well, we'll find out. I've got a Bible right here. Let's pray first. You ready? God, thank you so much for this day. Thank you for the opportunity we have to read the Bible together. We thank you for being in a language we can read and understand. God, we just have a few verses today, so please help us to understand it and encourage us in Jesus's name. Amen. All right. No, no, don't touch that. Silly. All right, here we go. Joshua chapter 19, beginning at verse 49. You ready?
When they had made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua, the son of Nun. According to the word of the Lord, they gave him the city which he asked for.
So, for the last few chapters, Albel, It's been going through all the different tribes. So we went through all the tribes on the west side of the, or the east side of the Jordan. Oh, that's very loud. On the east side of the Jordan and all the different tribes. Here we have the other half tribe. And then we have Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin, Judah, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Nephi, Dan. And now we come to, there's one last person. Joshua himself. Dad, what if you had to count every single family in the world? That'd take a long time. But God knows all their names, right? But here's the interesting thing. Joshua is a leader. And he goes last. Do you want to know something interesting? I have friends who were in the army. And do you know when the leaders in the army eat? After everyone else. They'll wait and they'll be hungry and they'll let everyone else go before they eat.
Yeah. Right. It's a show support and honor to show that they're leading by example, by being patient, right. By holding up those who they're leading and caring for them first, before they care for themselves. I think that's what Joshua is doing here. So What do you think? Do you think it's good for the leader to be lording over people? Like, give me all the good stuff first. What should a leader do? Well, maybe wait his turn for everyone else.
Yeah. Yeah. So God gave him all the land by lot. So this was the finishing of the dividing by the tribes, so they all got their inheritance. Alright, so, you know who I think shows us that type of servant leadership? God. Jesus himself. I just said that. Well, you said God. Specifically, the second person of the Godhead, Jesus Christ. Alright, you ready to pray? I know you're sucking in your nose, you're being silly. You ready to pray? Yeah. OK. God, thank you so much. Let's pray. Hold your hand, please. Let's pray.
God, we thank you that you have given us our Joshua, our Jesus, who leads us by example. For though he was equal with you, yet, Lord, he humbled himself and took on the form of a servant and even took on death, even death on a cross for us. Thank you for his example of ushering us into your presence. God, please make us more like him in Jesus name. Amen. May God bless you as you learn to walk more and more like Jesus Christ. And we'll see you next time. You want to say bye bye? Bye. Bye. She gone.