{"id":13590,"date":"2021-01-10T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/joshua_18_11-20-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-01-10T15:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T22:40:43","slug":"joshua_18_21-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/joshua_18_21-28\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Feel Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua 18:21-28\u00a0 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Joshua 18:21-28.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Joshua 18:21-28 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, had the following cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba–twelve towns and their villages.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath–fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 21-28:\u00a0\u00a0Here we get a list of the cities that were included in the land that the tribe of Benjamin received.\u00a0\u00a0Benjamin was one of the smaller tribes of Israel and the amount of land it was given reflected its smaller size.\u00a0\u00a0Yet notice that this small tribe was given \u201cthe Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem)\u201d (v28), which centuries later would become the capital and most important city in Israel.\u00a0\u00a0Also, later on God would select Saul, the first king of Israel, from this land and this tribe of Benjamin, \u201cthe smallest tribe of Israel\u201d (1 Samuel 9:21).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a reminder to me that\u00a0size is not necessarily an indicator of importance, and that God is able to use, honour and exalt you regardless of your size or background<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It reminds me of what the New Testament missionary Paul, who was also from the tribe of Benjamin, would write a thousand years later:<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things–and the things that are not–to nullify the things that are,
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0so that no one may boast before him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that You love to use and exalt the small and weak things of the world to shame the big and strong, and to show that You alone are mighty and that no one can boast before You.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Joshua 18:21-28.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Joshua 18:21-28 (NIV)\u00a0
\n21\u00a0\u00a0The tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, had the following cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,\u00a0
\n22\u00a0\u00a0Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,\u00a0
\n23\u00a0\u00a0Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,\u00a0
\n24\u00a0\u00a0Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba–twelve towns and their villages.\u00a0
\n25\u00a0\u00a0Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,\u00a0
\n26\u00a0\u00a0Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,\u00a0
\n27\u00a0\u00a0Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,\u00a0
\n28\u00a0\u00a0Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath–fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.<\/p>\n

On verses 21-28:\u00a0\u00a0Here we get a list of the cities that were included in the land that the tribe of Benjamin received.\u00a0\u00a0Benjamin was one of the smaller tribes of Israel and the amount of land it was given reflected its smaller size.\u00a0\u00a0Yet notice that this small tribe was given \u201cthe Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem)\u201d (v28), which centuries later would become the capital and most important city in Israel.\u00a0\u00a0Also, later on God would select Saul, the first king of Israel, from this land and this tribe of Benjamin, \u201cthe smallest tribe of Israel\u201d (1 Samuel 9:21).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a reminder to me that\u00a0size is not necessarily an indicator of importance, and that God is able to use, honour and exalt you regardless of your size or background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13591,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions\/13591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}