It took me about 13 minutes to read this passage. God was about to lead his people into a land they had never visited, filled with all sorts of good things. It was also filled with evil people and the symbols of the idolatrous lifestyles. God’s instructions to Israel in Chapter 12 were simple; get rid of the evil and give thanks for the good. Just as when God brings us into a new life in Christ, there are old evils in our lives that need to be purged. It doesn’t matter how old or how young we are when we commit our lives to Christ, we have to purge the evil and cling to the good. How do we know what is evil? Ask the question; does it honor and worship God? The provisions that God has given us in this life will point to God when we adopt the attitude that God provided them. And we should use the fruit of our labor, and the labor itself, as a means to worship God, wherever we are and whatever we do. That’s how God wanted Israel to live in the Promised Land, and how he wants us to live in his Grace.
Stuart
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