January 7, 2012 – Joshua 8

Map of Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim

The mounts that they go to seem a ways North to be heading that far.  Maybe the cities that are shown on this map weren’t there and it was just land between Ai (near Bethel) and the Mounts. 

Here we see God able to use the attempt by Israel that did not work because they disobeyed Him.  Granted, God could have defeated Ai in any way He chose, but He uses the wrongs of Israel to fulfill His will.  We don’t often realize the good God can do with the wrongs we perceive in the world.  We only see the wrong and curse it.  God sees a tool that He can shape into a good.  And the good maybe something that we never understand or see, but God’s good is not limited to our understanding of good.  But boy is it difficult to feel that way when you are in the middle of sadness or turmoil or whatever the situation is that you do not understand.  Always try to focus on God and that He knows what He is doing and His plan is always heading for good.