Experiencing a Heart of Worship and Obedience that Comes from a Heart that Is Consecrated

What should impress us most about this fifth chapter of Joshua is that, for once, the people of Israel, the leadership of Israel, and the God of Israel seem to be functioning in harmony. The people are no longer getting ahead of God or lagging too far behind Him. God has called His people to a reunification with Him through circumcision and the observance of the Passover. These two things meant to cause the people to remember the God who had called them, the covenant and purpose to which He called them, and the position that they were called to inhabit as His people. But, to assume this purpose in full the hearts of the people and its leadership had to be made ready. When the heart of the child of God is consecrated and sanctified with God, we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that the vision of Christ, as Ally and Captain, is given and accepted in its promise and totality.