Meditate | Arise

“After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: ‘Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them-the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.’” Joshua 1:1-3

 I have been meditating on this scripture for a few days now. I began listening to the sermons given by David Millar on the book of Joshua, and they have enriched my perspective greatly. Millar describes the transition of consciousness that takes place within the individual who begins to bring attention to the quality of their inner landscape. This is represented in the Word by the shift in leadership from Moses to Joshua. Now that Moses has died, Joshua represents the Lord. It says, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you.” The sole of Joshua’s (the Lord’s) foot is the literal sense of the Word. I have been thinking about the word ‘tread’.  It evokes a certain pressure and contact. Every place inside myself, or every state that I find myself in, that I bring the Word to bear upon, the Lord has already given me. It gives me a sense of the Lord’s real power, and I am enjoying witnessing that power in the infinitesimally small way that I can.  But, I must arise, wake up, and engage the Word in my inner life to witness anything at all.