Day 16--Some fulfillment of promises to families:

In Joshua 6:23-25 we see that the promise made to Rahab is kept by Joshua when Jericho is destroyed.  It was her faith in the God of Israel that saved her family.

"And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel...And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had and she dwelt in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho."

It pays to believe and trust in God!

Later throughout the book of Joshua the land is divided with boundaries for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Joshua 21:43-45  "And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers, and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.  And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.  There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel:  all came to pass."

Again, the promises God makes are to be counted on.  He cannot lie.  When He says something He fulfills it to the letter.   I love that last phrase:  "all came to pass."  If God said it:  you can bank on it.  The heart of God is toward those that love and serve Him and their families!  Our responsibility is to trust Him and obey Him.  Then we can stand on the promises that are given throughout Scripture for our children, and succeeding generations.