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Victory through Obedience

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2019-09-20 [여호수아(Joshua) 10:29 - 10:43]

29	Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
30	And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
31	Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.
32	And the LORD gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.
33	Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.
34	Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon. And they laid siege to it and fought against it.
35	And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.
36	Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron. And they fought against it
37	and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.
38	Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to Debir and fought against it
39	and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.
40	So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
41	And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, as far as Gibeon.
42	And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
43	Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Thinking & Understanding
Joshua and the Israelites attacked Libnah and killed its king and every inhabitant. The Israelites also conquered Lachish. Horam king of Gezer tried to help Lachish but he and his people were also defeated. Eglon, Hebron and Debir were all conquered and everything in those cities was destroyed (vv. 29-39). Joshua and the army of Israel destroyed everything in southern Canaan, from the plains of the wilderness and the regions between the mountains to Gaza in Kadesh-barnea, and subdued the whole southern region (vv. 40-43).

Who is God?
V. 42 God fights for us with his great and mighty ability. Behind the consecutive victories of Joshua and the Israelites was the helping hand of God. If God is on our side, there is no one who can stand against us. Therefore, isn’t it fitting that we should respond with complete obedience to God?

What lesson is God teaching me?
V. 40 The source of victory is thorough obedience. Joshua won great victory in the battle of Jericho, but he also experienced terrible defeat at the city of Ai. Through this, he would have surely learned that thorough obedience to God is the key to victory. We, too. must keep this in mind.

Prayer
Lord God, help us not to forget that obeying your word is the secret to victory.