New Year's Devotional - "Moses is Dead"

Greetings

Hey everyone -

Short devotional today

Recovering from covid - the Lord has healed me...

Thank you for praying for me

(Pray…)

Scripture Reading

Joshua 1:1-2

English Standard Version Chapter 1

After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead.

Some of you may be wondering...

What do we think of when we think of who Moses was?

What was Moses known for?

Arguably - the most important patriarch in the entire Bible

He delivered the entire nation of Israel - out of slavery from Egypt and led them through the Red Sea into safety

He stood up to Pharoah in the name of the Lord

He met with God on Mt Sinai and delivered the Ten Commandments

He was responsible for relaying God’s law to his people - the Mosaic Law

He was a leader of the Israelites for 40 years in the wilderness

He led them into the Promised Land

The Lord used him to lay out the temple, the Ark of the Covenant, and the priestly duties

He wrote the first five books of the Bible

But what does the Lord say about him?

When the Lord mentions Moses to Joshua, he calls him “my servant”

“my servant” - not, “your leader” - not “the one who delivered all of Israel”

I want to be known as God’s servant, more than just a leader of men or anything else. “My servant” is always superior as my identity over anything else.

Job receives this same introduction from the Lord in Job 1:8 “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth...”

Is that what the Lord would say about you? Are you his servant?

We get our identity from our heavenly Father - the Lord is the one who defines us

I remember my earthly father defining me…(“procrastinator”)