#soap # Joshua 5 ## Title: Get Things in the Right Order ## Scripture: (Joshua 5:2) At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” (NET) ## Observation: I have heard people who say they like to have their dessert before they have their dinner. When I was a kid, the dessert was the reward for eating your vegetables. We can debate whether or not that was a good idea, but the lesson was helpful. If you want something good, do the work first. God is about to bless them. Before this, they have to enter into covenant with God first. This is God’s way of saying, “We’re in this together. Let Me see you all the way in, just like you expect Me to be all the way in.” We don’t tell God that if He will bless us we will be faithful. We go all in with Him and then the fruit of our relationship is His blessings. ## Application: Go all the way with God. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for helping us never back away from our commitment to You.