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As we come to chapter 23 we find Joshua old and advanced in years. He died at the age of 110, so at this point he would be nearly that old. Before he died, however, he gathered all Israel together, that is to say he called for the elders, the leaders, their judges, and their officers in order to give his final message to the nation.
Israel had seen the mighty hand of God fulfilling the promises that God had given to them and to their fathers. This was not the unfaithful generation that had died in the wilderness; this was the generation of those who were victorious because they faithfully trusted that God would do what he said.
So Joshua does not bring them together in order to correct them or to rebuke them, he wants to make sure that they never fail to stand on the promises of God; that they would never fall back, that they would always remain a faithful people so that they would always have the blessings they had already obtained, but not only that, there was more to do. They had inherited the land which God gave to them, but it remained for each individual tribe to fully process what God had given them. There were still pockets of enemy resistance and Joshua calls them to completely possess the land of promise.
We see in scripture that these things were written for our instruction; these things were written for our example so that we should learn from them. When Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years it was a picture of an immaturity of faith. They did not trust God, therefore they did not obtain the promises he desired for them. That entire generation died in the wilderness and a new generation rose up that did trust God and therefore they obtained the promises.
God calls us as well to be victorious; to have a maturity of faith that believes God's Word so that we can also obtain the promises God intends for us.
But having obtained those promises, we must continue to walk in faithfulness. Are there pockets of resistance that remain in our lives as well? And that is the main point of Joshua's message to the leaders of Israel; faith is a condition of being. In other words, we are to continue to live faithfully. We are to continue to stand on the promises which God gave us.
This message that Joshua gives to the leaders of Israel is a very appropriate message for us as well. These are important lessons in maintaining a steadfast life of faithfully trusting God.

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