Exodus 23:24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
Today has me wishing for a 3D Bible and thinking about blind men and elephants. The 3D Bible is because I am such a visual learner, though I utterly lack the ability to visualize. Commentary references two different passages in Joshua in relation to the hornets, but I can’t help but think of the Bible as a linear experience with each book a separate entity.
Exodus 23:25-26 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
The blind men and the elephant is an ancient Indian parable I used to share with my students to talk about the fact that we don’t know what we don’t know and we can be certain about what we think we know and still be utterly wrong. My inability to see how the different books of the Bible overlap lets me know I’ve got some things wrong because of my failure to see differently.
Exodus 23:27 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
Precious Savior, Thank You for the gift of uncertainty with which I approach Your word. I think that allows me to continue to seek and study and be curious because I know I don’t have all the answers. Help me to always approach Your word with curiosity, thirsting to draw closer to You. Amen.
Exodus 23:28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
Have a blessed day.