The Commissioning of Joshua, 11/21/2010

In Numbers 27 we have the five daughters of Zelophehad who demonstrated their faith by requesting for something which God has promised. They did this, even though they are not quite qualified, even when there is no tangible sign that they will ever receive. What faith! As a result, new regulation was given, new leader was chosen, and new way was taken — and the rest was history.
On the one hand God is sovereign; on the other hand, God gives us the freedom to exercise our will to choose. He honors our choices. So many times in the Bible we have seen the Almighty God has bended His rules because He is so delighted in our choice for Him!
Never belittle your choices. One never knows what great things will be accomplished just by our choices — I am sure Ruth did not know, at the time of her choice, that she would become an ancestor of Jesus. (On the contrary, Esau did not know, when he sold his birthright, that one day he would actually lost the blessing of the eldest son from his father). None of our choices for Him or against Him, however small or insignificant, will ever escape His notice — God sees and in due time will reward us. May we all choose wisely!