ShavatSHAVAT

Joshua 1–24

The Faithfulness of God

The Book of Joshua tells the story of God fulfilling His promise to bring Israel into the land He swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Under Joshua's leadership, Israel crosses the Jordan, conquers Canaan, receives its inheritance, establishes worship at Shiloh, and renews the covenant before Joshua's death.

More than a record of military victories, Joshua is the story of a people learning how to live faithfully with God. Courage, obedience, discernment, stewardship, worship, and covenant faithfulness become the marks of a nation whose confidence rests not in its own strength, but in the Lord who goes before them.

“Choose this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:15

Joshua is the movement from promise to possession.

God does not merely give Israel a land. He forms a people capable of faithfully living within His promises.

  1. 01

    Formation

    Joshua 1–5

    Before Israel conquers the land, God forms His people through courage, faith, consecration, remembrance, and holiness.

  2. 02

    First Tests

    Joshua 6–8

    Israel learns that victory depends upon obedience, covenant faithfulness, and restoration after failure.

  3. 03

    Possess

    Joshua 9–12

    God teaches Israel to possess the land through discernment, courage, dependence, and remembrance.

  4. 04

    Inheritance

    Joshua 13–17

    The conquered land becomes a stewardship as each tribe receives and faithfully possesses its inheritance.

  5. 05

    Shiloh

    Joshua 18–21

    Israel orders its national life around God's presence, justice, worship, and covenant faithfulness.

  6. 06

    Legacy

    Joshua 22–24

    Joshua's final words call every generation to choose faithfulness and preserve the covenant after receiving God's promises.

The Book of Joshua answers six questions that every generation of God's people must eventually face.

Who must we become?
Formation
Will we obey?
First Tests
How do we possess what God has promised?
Possess
How do we steward God's gifts?
Inheritance
How do we order our lives around God?
Shiloh
What legacy will we leave?
Legacy

Joshua begins with God commissioning a new leader and ends with that leader calling the nation to choose whom they will serve. Between those two moments, God proves that every promise He makes is trustworthy, and He forms a people capable of living faithfully within those promises.

  1. 01Walk courageously because God is with you.
  2. 02Obey even when you do not yet understand.
  3. 03Seek the Lord before making decisions.
  4. 04Steward every gift God entrusts to you.
  5. 05Keep God's presence at the center of your life.
  6. 06Choose faithfulness every generation.