Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with unshakable trust:

“Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death.”
(Joshua 1:18)

Your people gave Joshua a stunning vote of confidence, Jesus.

In today’s climate, we’d say they gave him too much power.
Way too much.

Obviously, they placed a high value on unity.

The very idea that disobeying Joshua’s commands meant death
would terrify most of the people I know.

I guess that was the point.

Wow.

You know me, Father – inside and out.

What if several million people put that much trust in me?

How would I handle it?

Many people believe power corrupts…
and that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Would that be true of me?

Actually, there’s a pretty simple way to find out, isn’t there?

You once said whoever can be trusted with very little

can be trusted with much.

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1 Samuel 3:19-21; 1 Samuel 15:7-23; Proverbs 20:11; Jeremiah 42:19-22; Matthew 25:21-30; Luke 16:10-12;2 Corinthians 10:6; Ephesians 4:3; James 3:1-2

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper