We are indeed getting old and surely enough we will not always be able to accomplish what we once did but this is not the end of our duty. We must continue the fight for the kingdom to leave a legacy of blessing. This is for them. Who knows, maybe, just maybe your posterity will be called to accomplish more than you ever could have imagined yourself! Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God. Joshua 17:9
"First, then, let this brave veteran stand before us. Let us look at him and learn something of HIS FAITHFUL FOLLOWING OF HIS GOD. Perceive, Beloved, he never went before his God. That is presumption. The highest point to which the true Believer ever comes is to walk with God, but never to walk before Him. It is true that we walk before the Lord in the land of the living, but that is in another sense, meaning under His eyes. We never run before God so as to outrun His Providence and become the directors of our own steps.
They who travel before the cloud will soon find other clouds lowering upon them. Those who leave the fiery pillar and will be their own guides, shall soon be in the fire, without a guide to bring them out again. We ought to follow the Lord. The sheep follow the shepherd. “He puts forth His own sheep,” says Christ, “and goes before them, and they follow Him.” They follow as the soldier follows the captain–he points the road, leads the van and bears the thick of the danger–while the faithful warrior keeps close behind."
SPURGEON
TEXT: JOSHUA 15
SONGS: Good Grace, Life Center
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing, Shane & Shane
Be Thou My Vision, Shane & Shane