Joshua 1

The reading today serves mainly as an introduction to this book, and repeats God's call to Joshua to take Moses' place and lead the Israelites into the promised land. He must be getting into middle age at this point, since he was one of the spies sent to scout out the land forty years earlier - and one of only two to bring back a favorable report. Having served under Moses for so long I'm sure he was strong in the Lord, and I greatly look forward to reading about the conquering of the promised land under his leadership.