(Joshua 24: 1 – 21)
Because of this covenant, all of his descendants in the nation of Israel became partakers of the covenant blessings. In Joshua 24, God renewed His covenant with the Israelites through Joshua. He reminded them to make a commitment to the covenant; he challenged them to choose between God and the idols of their ancestors. As followers of God and spiritual descendants of Abraham today, we are also partakers of His covenant relationship. As with the children of Israel, ours is a covenant of life, peace, hope and prosperity. It is even a better covenant because whereas the old covenant was sealed with the blood of animals, the new one is sealed with the blood of Jesus. Time and again, God calls us to renew our covenant with Him so that we can continue to enjoy the blessings. There are things we must do in order to renew the covenant.
1. Present Yourself before God:
Joshua called on the Israelites and assembled them before God in order
to renew the covenant between them and God (Joshua 24: 1). For us to
renew our covenant with God, we must constantly present ourselves before
our God because in His presence, every impurity will be gone and every
sin will be removed. He said in Isaiah 1: 18 “Come now and let us
reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool.” God is still calling on us today to present ourselves before Him.
2. Remember His Wonders and Miracles: After Joshua
gathered the Israelites together, he then took them down the memory
lane. He reminded the people of all the miracles, signs and wonders that
God has done among them such as the parting of the Red Sea and River
Jordan. If only we can think we too will remember the many signs and
wonders that God has done in our lives.
3. Remember His Deliverances: Joshua also reminded the
people how God delivered them from their enemies on their way into the
Promised Land. He reminded them of their victories over different armies
and nations. God has also wrought many acts of deliverances in our
lives that we should remember. 4. Remember His Blessings: Anotherthing
Joshua did was to recount God’s blessings on the nation of Israel. He
reminded them of dwelling in houses they did not build and eating of
crops they did not plant. We also have many similar testimonies of God’s
blessings.
5. Serve in Sincerity and in Truth: Joshua reminded the
people to serve God in sincerity and in truth and to put away all forms
of idols. Today God calls us to remove anything that can stand between
us and our service to Him.